Expedition to Surinam

First published in 1796, this narrative records Stedman's years in the 1770s with a Dutch military expedition against maroon communities in the colony of Surinam. He describes jungle campaigns, disease, and the organisation of a slave society on the plantations, including punishments he witnessed and the daily economy of labour. A central personal thread is his relationship with Joanna, a woman of mixed African and European parentage. The book mixes campaign diary, natural history, and moral comment on slavery. It is a soldier's account of a colonial war and of the society that war was meant to preserve.

Bound in pale yellow canvas with a wrap-around illustrative design in green. Map endleaves printed white on dark green. Page tops stained green. Brown pattern printed slipcase with black ends.