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 (5)

Label	Occurrences
New York Conspiracy of 1741 canonical	2
New York slave conspiracy of 1741	2
1741 New York City slave conspiracy	1
1741 New York slave conspiracy trials	1
Negro Plot of 1741	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2587265 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York Conspiracy of 1741
Context triple: [New York Colony, importantEvent, New York Conspiracy of 1741]

A. Newburgh Conspiracy
The Newburgh Conspiracy was a 1783 plot by discontented Continental Army officers, frustrated over unpaid wages and pensions, that threatened a potential military challenge to civilian authority near the end of the American Revolutionary War.
B. Baltimore Plot
The Baltimore Plot was a failed 1861 conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln as he traveled to his inauguration, foiled in part by detective work from Allan Pinkerton’s agency.
C. Cato Street Conspiracy
The Cato Street Conspiracy was an 1820 plot by radical revolutionaries in London to assassinate British cabinet ministers and spark an uprising against the government.
D. Schenectady massacre
The Schenectady massacre was a 1690 French and Indigenous raid on the English frontier settlement of Schenectady in colonial New York, resulting in the killing and capture of many residents and the destruction of the town.
E. Charter Oak incident
The Charter Oak incident was a 1687 confrontation in which Connecticut colonists hid their royal charter in a hollow oak tree to prevent its confiscation by the English governor, becoming a symbol of colonial resistance and self-governance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York Conspiracy of 1741
Target entity description: 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.

A. Newburgh Conspiracy
The Newburgh Conspiracy was a 1783 plot by discontented Continental Army officers, frustrated over unpaid wages and pensions, that threatened a potential military challenge to civilian authority near the end of the American Revolutionary War.
B. Baltimore Plot
The Baltimore Plot was a failed 1861 conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln as he traveled to his inauguration, foiled in part by detective work from Allan Pinkerton’s agency.
C. Cato Street Conspiracy
The Cato Street Conspiracy was an 1820 plot by radical revolutionaries in London to assassinate British cabinet ministers and spark an uprising against the government.
D. Schenectady massacre
The Schenectady massacre was a 1690 French and Indigenous raid on the English frontier settlement of Schenectady in colonial New York, resulting in the killing and capture of many residents and the destruction of the town.
E. Charter Oak incident
The Charter Oak incident was a 1687 confrontation in which Connecticut colonists hid their royal charter in a hollow oak tree to prevent its confiscation by the English governor, becoming a symbol of colonial resistance and self-governance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alleged slave revolt ⓘ historical event ⓘ legal case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Negro Plot of 1741 ⓘ linked to: New York Conspiracy 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 ⓘ special court of oyer and terminer ⓘ linked to: 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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