The Great New York Conspiracy of 1741: Slavery, Crime and Colonial Law (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)

by PeterCharlesHoffer (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2003

  $32.78

  Almost 35 years before New York saw the first great battle waged by the new United States of America for its independence, rumours of a slave conspiracy spread in the city, leading to the conviction and execution of over 70 slaves. This text retells the dramatic story of these landmark trials.