Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy
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Daniel Horsmanden’s *Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy* is an 18th-century judicial account that records and interprets the trials and investigations surrounding the alleged New York slave and arson conspiracy of 1741.
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| Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy Context triple: [New York Conspiracy of 1741, documentedIn, Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy]
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Target entity: Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy Target entity description: Daniel Horsmanden’s *Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy* is an 18th-century judicial account that records and interprets the trials and investigations surrounding the alleged New York slave and arson conspiracy of 1741.
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A.
Junius Manuscript
The Junius Manuscript is an important Old English poetic codex containing illustrated biblical verse, notable as one of the four major surviving manuscripts of Anglo-Saxon poetry.
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B.
The Reynolds Pamphlet
"The Reynolds Pamphlet" is a song from the hit Broadway musical *Hamilton* that dramatizes Alexander Hamilton’s public admission of his affair with Maria Reynolds and its political fallout.
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C.
The Hopkins Manuscript
The Hopkins Manuscript is a 1939 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by R. C. Sherriff that explores the social and psychological fallout of a catastrophic lunar collision with Earth.
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D.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
A Discovery of the Fraudulent Practises of John Darrel, Minister of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire
*A Discovery of the Fraudulent Practises of John Darrel, Minister of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire* is an early 17th-century polemical work by Samuel Harsnett exposing and criticizing alleged cases of fraudulent exorcism and demonic possession.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
18th-century book
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historical document ⓘ judicial account ⓘ trial record ⓘ |
| author | Daniel Horsmanden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bias |
expresses strong suspicion toward enslaved Africans and poor whites
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reflects colonial fears of slave uprisings ⓘ |
| circulation | read by colonial officials and later historians ⓘ |
| contains |
chronological entries of proceedings
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interpretive commentary by the magistrate ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Colonial New York ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
interrogations of enslaved people in New York in 1741
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series of fires in New York City in 1741 ⓘ trials of alleged conspirators in the New York slave conspiracy of 1741 ⓘ |
| discipline |
African American studies
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history ⓘ legal studies ⓘ |
| documents |
confessions obtained during interrogations
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executions and transportations of alleged conspirators ⓘ sentences imposed on convicted conspirators ⓘ testimonies of enslaved witnesses ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
alleged conspiracy between enslaved Africans and poor whites
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suppression of perceived insurrection in 1741 ⓘ |
| form | prose narrative ⓘ |
| genre |
court record
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legal history ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key document for studying racialized justice in colonial New York
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primary source for the New York slave conspiracy of 1741 ⓘ source for understanding colonial legal procedures ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalContext | British colonial law in New York ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
New York slave conspiracy of 1741
NERFINISHED
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arson investigations in New York City in 1741 ⓘ legal proceedings against alleged conspirators in 1741 ⓘ slave trials in colonial New York ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person judicial narrative ⓘ |
| perspective | magistrate’s viewpoint ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Atlantic world slave resistance
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New York City history ⓘ history of slavery in the Northern colonies ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
1741
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colonial era in New York ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
historians of American slavery
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legal historians of colonial America ⓘ scholars of race and law in early America ⓘ |
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Subject: Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy Description of subject: Daniel Horsmanden’s *Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy* is an 18th-century judicial account that records and interprets the trials and investigations surrounding the alleged New York slave and arson conspiracy of 1741.
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New York Conspiracy of 1741
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documentedIn
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Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy
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