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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.
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.
New York Slave Revolt of 1712 [10] Chesapeake rebellion (1730) [11] Stono Rebellion (1739) [12] [13] New York Conspiracy of 1741 [14] Pointe Coupée Conspiracy (1791)
1863 – New York City draft riots, 120 killed and 2,000 to 8,000 injured [9] [31] 1871 – Second New York City orange riot, more than 60 dead, more than 150 wounded [4] 1741 – New York Conspiracy, 35 total executed as a result [2] 1712 – New York Slave Revolt, 31 total deaths consisting of 9 killed in the revolt and 23 executed as a ...
1734 - Mast Tree Riot, Fremont, New Hampshire; 1737 - Boston Brothel Riot, Boston, Massachusetts; 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 ...
In what was called the New York Conspiracy of 1741, city officials believed a revolt had started. Over weeks, they arrested more than 150 slaves and 20 white men, trying and executing several, in the belief they had planned a revolt.
On August 12, 1846, 12 men representing every state that still enslaved human beings assembled at a house on the The post Race War One: The secret history of the national slave revolt appeared ...
The English continued to import slaves to New York. Slaves in the colony performed a wide variety of skilled and unskilled jobs, mostly in the burgeoning port city and surrounding agricultural areas. In 1703 more than 42% of New York City 's households held slaves, a percentage higher than in the cities of Boston and Philadelphia , and second ...