New York slave revolt 1712

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The New York Slave Rising of 1712 was a riot in New York City of 23 enslaved Africans who killed nine whites and wounded six. The uprising was bloodily suppressed.

Events

The conditions in New York were well suited to the rebellion. Enslaved Africans lived close to each other, which made communication easier. They also often worked with former slaves, a situation that did not exist on most plantations. Slaves in the city communicated with each other and could conspire against their owners .

The men gathered on the night of April 6, 1712 and set fire to a building on Maiden Lane near Broadway . While the white colonists tried to put out the fire, the enslaved Africans attacked them and fled.

consequences

Seventy black people were arrested and sent to prison. Six reportedly committed suicide. Twenty-seven were tried, twenty-one of whom were found guilty and sentenced to death. Twenty were burned alive and one was whacked . This was a form of punishment that was no longer allowed to be used on whites at the time. After the uprising, laws were passed that restricted the lives of blacks in New York. African Americans were not allowed to gather in groups of more than three people, they were not allowed to carry firearms , and they were banned from gambling. Other crimes, such as property damage, rape, and conspiracy to kill, were punishable by death. Free blacks were no longer allowed to own their own land. Slaveholders wishing to release slaves had to pay a penalty tax of £ 200, a price much higher than the price of a slave.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Africans in America / Part 1 / New York's Revolt of 1712 , accessed January 5, 2008.
  2. ^ Rethinking Schools , accessed January 5, 2008.

literature

  • Berlin, Ira & Harris, Leslie (2005), Slavery in New York, New York: New Press, ISBN 1-56584-997-3 .
  • Horton, James & Horton, Lois (2005), Slavery and the Making of America, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-517903-X .
  • Katz, William Loren (1997), Black Legacy, A History of New York's African Americans, New York: Atheneum, ISBN 0-689-31913-4 .
  • Johnson, Mat (2007), The Great Negro Plot, New York: Bloomsbury, ISBN 1-58234-099-4