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10 lut 2022 · from the New York Historical Society Quarterly, January 1961. Enslaved people's rebellion in what is now downtown New York City, in 1712.
New York slave rebellion of 1712, a violent insurrection of slaves in New York City that resulted in brutal executions and the enactment of harsher slave codes. The population of New York City in 1712 numbered between 6,000 and 8,000 people, of whom approximately 1,000 were slaves.
Shortly after the rebellion, New York’s legislature toughened its slave codes. Africans gathering in groups of three or more, found with a firearm or gambling would be whipped. Property crimes, rape and involvement in a conspiracy to kill were punishable by death.
6 kwi 2016 · Armed with swords, knives, hatchets and guns, the group sought to inspire the city’s slaves to rise up against their masters by staging a dramatic revolt, writes Gabe Pressman for NBC New...
Militia units from New York and Westchester and soldiers from a fort at the foot of Manhattan responded to the insurrection and twenty-seven Africans were captured. Twenty-one were executed, some of whom were burned a lived, and six are reported as having committed suicide.
First, the city had a large population of black slaves -- the result of many years of trade with the West Indies. Secondly, communication and meeting among enslaved persons was relatively easy,...
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.
