New York slave rebellion of 1741: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Serena R. Zabin (ed.), The New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741: Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings, with Related Documents (2004); Jill Lepore, New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan (2005).

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Modernized language throughout. Dec 23, 2025
Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. Sep 26, 2020
Invalidated site: Internet Archive - "The New York Conspiracy". Feb 01, 2018
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "The New York Conspiracy". May 23, 2016
Add new Web site: Blackpast.org - New York Slave Conspiracy (1741). Dec 18, 2015
Add new Web site: Digital History - Fear of slave revolts. Dec 18, 2015
Add new Web site: Historical Society of the New York Courts - Trials relating to the New York slave insurrection, 1741. Dec 18, 2015
New bibliography added. Oct 30, 2014
New article added. Oct 30, 2014
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