New York burning : liberty, slavery, and conspiracy in eighteenth-century Manhattan / Jill Lepore.
"Over a few weeks in 1741, ten fires blazed across Manhattan. With each new fire, panicked whites saw more evidence of a slave uprising. Tried and convicted before the colony's Supreme Court, thirteen black men were burned at the stake and seventeen were hanged. Four whites, the alleged ri...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2005.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Norlin Library - Stacks
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F128.4 .L47 2005
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