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New York Burning

New York Burning

Jill Lepore · 2005 · 323 pages

Race relationsFiresSlave insurrectionsHistoryAfrican AmericansSlave insurrections, united states

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A chronicle of an alleged eighteenth-century slave conspiracy to destroy New York City explores the social and political climate of the 1730s and 1740s and the implications of the conspiracy in terms of American politics and history.

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