Peter Charles Hoffer 
The Great New York Conspiracy of 1741 [EPUB ebook] 
Slavery, Crime, and Colonial Law

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Three and a half decades before the city of New York witnessed the first great battle waged by the new United States of America for its independence, rumors of a massive conspiracy among the city’s slaves spread panic throughout the colony. On the testimony of frightened bondsmen and a handful of whites, over seventy slaves were convicted and a third of these were executed.

The suspected conspiracy in New York prompted one of the most extensive slave trials in colonial history...

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Editors’ Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Slavery and Slave Law in the Early English Empire

2. A Tale of Two Cities

3. Hotbeds of Crime

4. Where There’s...

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Peter Charles Hoffer is Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia and coeditor of the series Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Amo...

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 204 ● ISBN 9780700637607 ● Mărime fișier 1.4 MB ● Editura University Press of Kansas ● Publicat 2003 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 9473826 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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