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Description edit
Pulitzer Prize Finalist Anisfield-Wolf Award Winner Over a frigid few weeks in the winter of 1741, ten fires blazed across Manhattan. With each new fire, panicked whites saw more evidence of a slave uprising. In the end, thirteen black men were burned at the stake, seventeen were hanged... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Daniel Horsmanden: Add a description of this character.
- John Hughson
- Jack
- Zenger
- Clarke
- Mary Burton
- James Alexander
- Caesar
- Adam
- Frederick Philipse
- William Kane
- Sandy
- Sarah Hughson
- William Smith
- Peggy Kerry
- Joseph Murray
- Cosby
- James Delancey
- Hamilton
- Ben
- Bastian
- Bradley
- Lewis Morris
- Robin
- John Chambers
- Pedro
- Whitefield
- Montgomerie
- Wilson
- Clinton
- Tom
- Byrd
- Prince
- Cook
- Adolph Philipse
- Baker
- Parker
- Robert Todd
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- City Hall
- London
- New England
- John Ury
- Town
- Antigua
- Jamaica
- Comfort
- Albany
- Caribbean
- Africa
- Philadelphia
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Massachusetts
- Spain
- Manhattan
- Boston
- Broad Street
- Rhode Island
- Salem
- Fort George
- Whitsuntide
- Qpack
- East Ward
- Barbados
- France
- Cambridge
- Cuba
- West Ward
- Providence
- Hereford
- Black Horse Tavern
- Qtack
- Charleston
- Will Street
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jill Lepore (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 1400040299
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 1400040299
Page Count: 352
Awards edit
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2006)
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 2006: History)
- New York City Book Award (2005: Book of the Year, Winner)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 974.7102
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › Mid-Atlantic
- Books › History › Americas › United States › African Americans › History
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Race Relations › America
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › New York
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Colonial Period
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Conspiracy Theories
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