The New York Conspiracy: A History of the Negro Plot (eBook)

With the Journal of the Proceedings Against the Conspirators at New York in the Years 1741-2

Daniel Horsmanden (Autor)

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2021
306 Seiten
Madison & Adams Press (Verlag)
406-406638321-3 (EAN)

Infos

In 1741, Manhattan had the second-largest slave population of any city in the Thirteen Colonies after Charleston, South Carolina. As a result The Conspiracy of 1741, also known as the Negro Plot of 1741 broke out in New York. This rebellion is marked as one of the most controversial events in the early American history because most historians disagree as to whether such a plot existed and, if there was one, its scale. This alleged conspiracy served as an excuse for a brutal revenge of the local authorities. The main target were African slaves. As in the Salem witch trials, a few witnesses implicated many other suspects. In the end, over 100 people were hanged, exiled, or burned at the stake.

Autor

Daniel Horsmanden (1691 – 1778) was a chief justice of the supreme court in the Province of New York and member of the governor's executive council.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2021
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Schlagworte: American Ulysses • Civil War • Fierce Patriot • Hamilton • Ken Follett • Lincoln • Obama • Rights of Men • ron chernow • This Fight Is Our Fight