Slave Insurrection of 1741

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The Slave Insurrection of 1741 was a suspected plot by enslaved Africans and poor whites in New York City that led to mass arrests, trials, and executions amid widespread panic and dubious evidence.

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Negro Plot of 1741 1
Slave Insurrection of 1741 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
suspected slave revolt
affectedGroup Black enslaved population of New York City
poor white residents of New York City
alsoKnownAs Negro Plot of 1741
New York Conspiracy of 1741
characterizedBy dubious evidence
forced confessions
racialized hysteria
widespread panic
comparedTo Salem witch trials
country Province of New York
documentedBy Daniel Horsmanden
documentedIn The New-York Conspiracy, or the History of the Negro Plot
fieldOfStudy African American history
legal history of colonial America
urban history of New York City
followedBy executions
mass arrests
trials
genre slave revolt scare
hasCause economic inequality
fear of slave rebellion
racial tensions in colonial New York
series of fires in New York City
hasContext Anglo-Spanish conflict
War of Jenkins’ Ear
linked to: War of Jenkins' Ear

expansion of slavery in New York
fear of Spanish incitement of slave revolts
hasParticipant New York colonial authorities
enslaved Africans
poor whites
historicalAssessment evidence for an organized conspiracy is considered weak by many historians
interpretedAs example of racial persecution
judicial miscarriage of justice
moral panic
legalProceedings special court of oyer and terminer
location New York City
methodOfExecution burning at the stake
hanging
numberOfPeopleArrested over 150
numberOfPeopleExecuted at least 30
numberOfPeopleTransported over 70
partOf history of slavery in New York
pointInTime 1741
prosecutedBy Daniel Horsmanden
result heightened racial control mechanisms
increased surveillance of enslaved people
stricter slave codes in New York

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New York Conspiracy of 1741 alsoKnownAs Slave Insurrection of 1741
Slave Insurrection of 1741 alsoKnownAs Negro Plot of 1741
linked to: Slave Insurrection of 1741