Slave Insurrection of 1741

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The Slave Insurrection of 1741 was a suspected plot by enslaved Africans and poor whites in New York City that led to mass arrests, trials, and executions amid widespread panic and dubious evidence.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Negro Plot of 1741 1
Slave Insurrection of 1741 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
suspected slave revolt ⓘ
affectedGroup Black enslaved population of New York City ⓘ
poor white residents of New York City ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Negro Plot of 1741 ⓘ
New York Conspiracy of 1741 ⓘ
characterizedBy dubious evidence ⓘ
forced confessions ⓘ
racialized hysteria ⓘ
widespread panic ⓘ
comparedTo Salem witch trials ⓘ
country Province of New York ⓘ
documentedBy Daniel Horsmanden ⓘ
documentedIn The New-York Conspiracy, or the History of the Negro Plot ⓘ
fieldOfStudy African American history ⓘ
legal history of colonial America ⓘ
urban history of New York City ⓘ
followedBy executions ⓘ
mass arrests ⓘ
trials ⓘ
genre slave revolt scare ⓘ
hasCause economic inequality ⓘ
fear of slave rebellion ⓘ
racial tensions in colonial New York ⓘ
series of fires in New York City ⓘ
hasContext Anglo-Spanish conflict ⓘ
War of Jenkins’ Ear ⓘ
linked to: War of Jenkins' Ear

expansion of slavery in New York ⓘ
fear of Spanish incitement of slave revolts ⓘ
hasParticipant New York colonial authorities ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
poor whites ⓘ
historicalAssessment evidence for an organized conspiracy is considered weak by many historians ⓘ
interpretedAs example of racial persecution ⓘ
judicial miscarriage of justice ⓘ
moral panic ⓘ
legalProceedings special court of oyer and terminer ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
methodOfExecution burning at the stake ⓘ
hanging ⓘ
numberOfPeopleArrested over 150 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleExecuted at least 30 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleTransported over 70 ⓘ
partOf history of slavery in New York ⓘ
pointInTime 1741 ⓘ
prosecutedBy Daniel Horsmanden ⓘ
result heightened racial control mechanisms ⓘ
increased surveillance of enslaved people ⓘ
stricter slave codes in New York ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

New York Conspiracy of 1741 → alsoKnownAs → Slave Insurrection of 1741 ⓘ
Slave Insurrection of 1741 → alsoKnownAs → Negro Plot of 1741 ⓘ
linked to: Slave Insurrection of 1741