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HOFFER, PETER CHARLES The Great New York Conspiracy of 1741: Slavery, Crime, and Colonial...
Hoffer, Peter Charles. The Great New York Conspiracy of 1741: Slavery, Crime, and Colonial Law. [Lawrence]: University Press of Kansas, [2003]. xi, 190 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. New. $30. * In 1741 rumors of a massive conspiracy among the city's slaves spread panic throughout the colony. On the basis of flimsy evidence over seventy slaves were indicted. The resulting trials were among the most extensive in colonial history. In the end several slaves were convicted and executed in a remarkably brutal fashion. Hoffer recounts these trials, setting the events in their legal and historical contexts.
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