Author: Werstein, Irving,
Title: The Plotters: the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
Description: NY, Scribner, (1967). G in G DJ ex-library. A shameful instance of injustice and hysteria whose lesson is persistent today, the story of many witch hunts. A hardwinter of terrible drought and mysterious burglaries followed by a wave of arson makes New Yorkers hysterical and open to the cry of Mary Burton, a young indentured servant. Her wild accusations about a hundred innocent slaves and bondsmen were supported by many top level people with their own ambitions. Library markings.

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