Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy

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Daniel Horsmanden’s *Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy* is an 18th-century judicial account that records and interprets the trials and investigations surrounding the alleged New York slave and arson conspiracy of 1741.

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instanceOf 18th-century book ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
judicial account ⓘ
trial record ⓘ
author Daniel Horsmanden ⓘ
bias expresses strong suspicion toward enslaved Africans and poor whites ⓘ
reflects colonial fears of slave uprisings ⓘ
circulation read by colonial officials and later historians ⓘ
contains chronological entries of proceedings ⓘ
interpretive commentary by the magistrate ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Colonial New York ⓘ
describesEvent interrogations of enslaved people in New York in 1741 ⓘ
series of fires in New York City in 1741 ⓘ
trials of alleged conspirators in the New York slave conspiracy of 1741 ⓘ
discipline African American studies ⓘ
history ⓘ
legal studies ⓘ
documents confessions obtained during interrogations ⓘ
executions and transportations of alleged conspirators ⓘ
sentences imposed on convicted conspirators ⓘ
testimonies of enslaved witnesses ⓘ
focusesOn alleged conspiracy between enslaved Africans and poor whites ⓘ
suppression of perceived insurrection in 1741 ⓘ
form prose narrative ⓘ
genre court record ⓘ
legal history ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
historicalSignificance key document for studying racialized justice in colonial New York ⓘ
primary source for the New York slave conspiracy of 1741 ⓘ
source for understanding colonial legal procedures ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalContext British colonial law in New York ⓘ
mainSubject New York slave conspiracy of 1741 ⓘ
arson investigations in New York City in 1741 ⓘ
legal proceedings against alleged conspirators in 1741 ⓘ
slave trials in colonial New York ⓘ
narrativeVoice first-person judicial narrative ⓘ
perspective magistrate’s viewpoint ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
relatedTo Atlantic world slave resistance ⓘ
New York City history ⓘ
history of slavery in the Northern colonies ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 1741 ⓘ
colonial era in New York ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy historians of American slavery ⓘ
legal historians of colonial America ⓘ
scholars of race and law in early America ⓘ

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New York Conspiracy of 1741 → documentedIn → Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in The Detection of the Conspiracy ⓘ