Person
John Gabriel Stedman
John Gabriel Stedman was a Scottish-Dutch soldier who served in Suriname from 1773 to 1777 with Dutch troops sent to fight the maroons led by Boni. His Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, published in London in 1796 with engravings by William Blake among others, described plantation slavery and its cruelties in vivid detail and became an important text in the debate over abolition.
Mentioned in 1 profile
See also
Cite this entry
- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). John Gabriel Stedman. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/john-gabriel-stedman
- MLA
- “John Gabriel Stedman.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/john-gabriel-stedman. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “John Gabriel Stedman.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/john-gabriel-stedman.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘John Gabriel Stedman’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/john-gabriel-stedman (Accessed: ).
Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻