The Great Negro Plot


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The Great Negro Plot

ISBN: 9781582340999

出版社: St Martins Pr

页数: 215

定价: $ 22.54

装帧: HRD

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In 1741, New York City was thrown into an uproar when a sixteen-year-old white woman, an indentured servant named Mary Burton, testified that she was privy to a monstrous conspiracy against the white people of Manhattan. Promised her freedom by authorities if she would only uncover the plot, Mary reported that the black men of the city were planning to burn New York City to the ground. As the courts ensnared more and more suspects and violence swept the city, 154 black New Yorkers were jailed, 14 were burned alive, 18 were hanged, and more than 100 simply "disappeared"; four whites wound up being executed and 24 imprisoned. Even as the madness escalated, however, officials started to realize that Mary Burton might not be telling the truth. Expertly written by the acclaimed author of "Drop" and "Hunting in Harlem," "The Great Negro Plot "is a brilliant reconstruction of a little-known moment in American history whose echoes still reverberate today.

关键词:The Great Negro Plot