New York Conspiracy of 1741

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alleged slave revolt historical event legal case

The New York Conspiracy of 1741 was a suspected slave and poor white uprising in colonial New York City that led to mass arrests, trials, and executions amid widespread panic and dubious evidence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Negro Plot of 1741	1
New York Conspiracy of 1741 canonical	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alleged slave revolt ⓘ historical event ⓘ legal case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New York Conspiracy of 1741 ⓘ surface form: Negro Plot of 1741 Slave Insurrection of 1741 ⓘ
characterizedBy	class prejudice ⓘ coerced testimony ⓘ dubious evidence ⓘ public panic ⓘ racial prejudice ⓘ use of informants ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
documentedIn	Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy ⓘ
hasCause	fear of slave rebellion ⓘ series of fires in New York City ⓘ social tensions between classes and races ⓘ wartime anxiety during War of Jenkins’ Ear ⓘ
hasEffect	increased racial repression ⓘ mass arrests ⓘ public executions ⓘ tightening of slave codes in New York ⓘ transportation of suspects to Caribbean colonies ⓘ
hasEndTime	1742 ⓘ
hasHistoricalInterpretation	evidence for an organized plot is considered weak ⓘ often compared to Salem witch trials ⓘ widely regarded by historians as a moral panic ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Daniel Horsmanden ⓘ Governor George Clarke ⓘ John Peter Zenger ⓘ Mary Burton ⓘ
hasLocation	British America ⓘ New York City ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ
hasParticipant	New York slave owners ⓘ colonial authorities of New York ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ poor white laborers ⓘ
hasStartTime	1741 ⓘ
legalProcess	grand jury investigations ⓘ multiple criminal trials ⓘ Court of Oyer and Terminer ⓘ surface form: special court of oyer and terminer
mainSubject	judicial persecution ⓘ mass hysteria ⓘ racial violence in colonial America ⓘ slavery in New York ⓘ
numberOfPeopleArrested	over 150 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleExecutedByBurning	13 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleHanged	17 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleTransported	over 70 ⓘ
partOf	history of New York City ⓘ history of slavery in the United States ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ colonial era in North America ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York Colony → importantEvent → New York Conspiracy of 1741 ⓘ

New York Conspiracy of 1741 → alsoKnownAs → New York Conspiracy of 1741 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Negro Plot of 1741