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New York burning : liberty, slavery, and conspiracy in eighteenth-century Manhattan / Jill Lepore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lepore, Jill, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans.
- History.
- Fires.
- Slave rebellions.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--Conspiracy of 1741.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Slave rebellions--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- Fires--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- African Americans--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- New York (N.Y.)--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
- Summary:
- A chronicle of an alleged eighteenth-century slave conspiracy to destroy New York City explores the social and political climate of the 1730s and 1740s and the implications of the conspiracy in terms of American politics and history.
- Contents:
- The Plot
- Ice
- Fire
- Stone
- Paper
- Water
- Blood
- Ink
- Dust.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-308) and index.
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 2006
- ISBN:
- 1400040299
- 9781400040292
- OCLC:
- 56334128
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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