When I die, I shall return to my own land : the New York City slave revolt of 1712 /

At 2 a.m. on April 7, 1712, a fire broke out in New York City's North Ward. Unbeknown to the residents who roused themselves to combat the flames, the blaze had been started with murderous intent. A group of at least twenty-four enslaved west African men and women, mostly Akan from modern-day G...

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