Images of African Women from John Stedman's "Narrative to Surinam"
Stedman describes her as "a truly beautiful Samboe Girl of about 18, as naked as she came to the World, and lacerated in such a shocking Condition by the Whips of Two Negro Drivers."
Figure 3 (Apr 16-18, 1774) "Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave" in Stedman, 265.
This page was last updated on Dec. 7, 1998 by Lauren Kane