Self Portrait of John Gabriel Stedman standing over a slave after the capture of Gado Saby, a village of Maroons in Surinam, from the frontispiece of his Narrative
Born
1744 Dendermonde, Austrian Netherlands
Died
7 March 1797(1797-03-07) (aged 52–53) Tiverton, Devon
Occupation
Military officer, author
Nationality
Dutch / Scottish
Period
1790s
Genre
Autobiography adventure
Notable works
The Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam
Spouse
Adriana Wiertz van Coehorn, Joanna
Children
Sophia Charlotte, Maria Joanna, George William, Adrian, and John Cambridge
Military career
Allegiance
Dutch Republic
Service/branch
Army
Years of service
1760–1778
Rank
Captain
Unit
Scots Brigade
John Gabriel Stedman (1744 – 7 March 1797) was a Dutch-born Scottish soldier and writer best known for writing The Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam (1796). This narrative covers describes his experience in Suriname between 1773 and 1777, where he was a soldier in the Dutch military deployed to assist local troops fighting against groups of escaped slaves.[1] He first recorded his experiences in a personal diary that he later rewrote and expanded into the Narrative. The Narrative was a bestseller of the time and, with its firsthand depictions of slavery and other aspects of colonialism, became an important tool in the fledgling abolitionist movement. When compared with Stedman's personal diary, his published Narrative is a sanitized and romanticized version of Stedman's time in Surinam.
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