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The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 was an uprising in New York City, in the Province of New York, of 23 Black slaves. They killed nine whites and injured another six before they were stopped. More than 70 black people were arrested and jailed. Of these, 27 were put on trial, and 21 convicted and executed.
Brown's efforts have shown that the slave insurrection in Jamaica in 1760-61 was a carefully planned affair and not a spontaneous, chaotic eruption, as was often argued (due in large part to the lack of written records produced by the insurgents). [54]
1739 - Stono Rebellion, Slave rebellion., September, Province of South Carolina; 1741 - New York Slave Insurrection of 1741, New York City, New York; 1742 - Philadelphia Election Riot, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1746 - New Jersey Tenant Riots, New Jersey; 1747 - Knowles Riot, Boston, Massachusetts (anti-impressment) 1763 - Pontiac's War
[3] Slave rebellions in the United States were small and diffuse compared with those in other slave economies in part due to "the conditions that tipped the balance of power against southern slaves—their numerical disadvantage, their creole composition, their dispersal in relatively small units among resident whites—were precisely the same ...
A map of the Thirteen Colonies in 1770, showing the number of slaves in each colony [1]. The institution of slavery in the European colonies in North America, which eventually became part of the United States of America, developed due to a combination of factors.
Several local slave rebellions took place during the 17th and 18th centuries: Gloucester County, Virginia Revolt (1663); [165] New York Slave Revolt of 1712; Stono Rebellion (1739); and New York Slave Insurrection of 1741. [166]
Rebel slaves 1733–1734 slave insurrection on St. John: Denmark–Norway. Kingdom of France. Rebel slaves Rebellion suppressed 1739 Stono Rebellion: Colony of South Carolina: Escaped slaves Rebellion suppressed 1741 New York Conspiracy of 1741: Province of New York: slaves and poor whites 1743 Fourth Dalecarlian rebellion Sweden: peasants ...
The Conspiracy of 1741, also known as the Slave Insurrection of 1741, was a purported plot by slaves and poor whites in the British colony of New York in 1741 to revolt and level New York City with a series of fires. Historians disagree as to whether such a plot existed and, if there was one, its scale.