HIST1011 Study Guide - John Gabriel Stedman, Rattan
11 Mar 2014
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Of all the accounts john gabriel stedman has encountered in surinam in the 1770s, the stories he write down in the book gives the reader a tasteful view about the slave society. Most of the stories he tells describe slaves as beautiful and handsome people. The attitude that they give him during his stay in surinam is comforting, valued, and loved. Sometimes, stedman would actually pause from storytelling and compare the slaves with europeans. Stedman"s delightful and interesting descriptions of his encounters with these slaves, the stories, one can say, are for most parts, just supportive evidences to a deeper meaning of what stedman is really trying to communicate to his readers. One can firmly argue that his intention of writing this book was to make a political argument in favor of abolition. Stedman was careful when choosing the stories he would write down in his book. Many of his stories depicted slaves with a good heart.
