New York burning : liberty, slavery, and conspiracy in eighteenth-century Manhattan

"Over a frigid few weeks in the winter of 1741, ten fires blazed across Manhattan. With each new fire, panicked whites saw more evidence of a slave uprising. In the end, thirteen black men were burned at the stake, seventeen were hanged, and more than one hundred black men and women were thrown...

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Main Author: Lepore, Jill, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 2006.
Edition:1st Vintage books ed.
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Call Number: UNY F 128.4 .L47 2006
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