Lepore, Jill, 1966-

New York burning : liberty, slavery, and conspiracy in eighteenth-century Manhattan / Liberty, slavery, and conspiracy in eighteenth-century Manhattan Jill Lepore. - New York : Vintage Books, 2006 c2005 - xx, 323 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. - History .

Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. "Pulitzer Prize Finalist" (cover)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-308) and index.

1400032261 (Vintage) 9781400032266 (Vintage)




Slave insurrections--History--New York (State)--New York--18th century.
Fires--History--New York (State)--New York--18th century.
African Americans--History--New York (State)--New York--18th century.
Branden.
Slavernij.
Opstanden.
Complotten.


New York (N.Y.)--History--Conspiracy of 1741.
New York (N.Y.)--Race relations.
New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Manhattan.

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