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New York Conspiracy of 1741.
In: Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023-04-30, S. 3
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Zugriff:
The New York Conspiracy of 1741 is the name given to a series of events, trials, and executions that began in the British colony of New York in that year. Also known as the Slave Insurrection of 1741 and the New York Slave Conspiracy, the event was an alleged plot by enslaved African Americans to burn down the city, kill European Americans, and gain their freedom. It began as a series of suspicious fires, one of which destroyed the colonial governor’s residence. A grand jury used testimony and confessions—both allegedly coerced or encouraged with promises of rewards—to arrest nearly two hundred people. The handling of the trials has been compared by historians to the dubious way the Salem Witch Trials were conducted. Before they were done, thirty-four people had been executed by hanging or burning at the stake, eighty-four were transported to the harsher conditions of Caribbean slavery, and seven were exiled from New York.
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New York Conspiracy of 1741.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Ungvarsky, Janine |
Zeitschrift: | Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023-04-30, S. 3 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | Nachschlagewerk |
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