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"Colony of New York, 1712"
Historical fiction account of the New York Slave Revolt of 1712. -
"The colony of New York in 1712."
Illustrated map of of New York in 1712 showcasing the Slave Market. -
1902 illustration of a possible depiction of the New York Slave Market about 1730.
Line photoengraving of a possible depiction of the New York Slave Market and how it may have looked in 1730. -
Close up screenshot of The Bradford Plan: An early survey map of New York in 1730 under British control (A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey.)
Early map of British New York with translated or transformed street names from the Dutch period. -
Colonial Governor Robert Hunter (1710-1720) account of the New York Slave Revolt of 1712.
Governor's letter on page 342 describing the New York Slave Revolt of 1712. -
New York, the English colonial city, 1730.
An illustrated map depicting the growing English colony of New York in 1730. -
Part 1 (pg 1-6) of The record of municipal laws affecting the activities and movements of the black population in 18th century British New York.
Essay of the different municipal laws that have directly affected the black population in New York during18th century British control. -
Part 2 (pg 7-12) of The record of municipal laws affecting the activities and movements of the black population in 18th century British New York.
Essay of the different municipal laws that have directly affected the black population in New York during18th century British control. -
Part 3 (pg 13-18) of The record of municipal laws affecting the activities and movements of the black population in 18th century British New York.
Essay of the different municipal laws that have directly affected the black population in New York during18th century British control. -
Questions of a Dutch-period slave market, and the establishment of the Slave Block in British-period New York.
Documented inquiries on the existence of a public slave market during 17th century Dutch period, along with the documented establishment of a Slave Market in 18th century British New York. -
Slave Trade and the Broadway Market (Wall Street)
Documentation of black New Yorkers in public space in the 1700s. Mentions of the slave market, and the slave revolts of 1712 and 1741. -
The Bradford Plan: An early survey map of New York in 1730 under British control (A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey.)
Early survey map of British New York in 1730 with translated or transformed street names from the Dutch period, like Pearl Street (Dutch translation: Paerl Straet) becoming Queen Street. Or, an English translation of original Dutch names like Hoogh Straet translated into High Street, then called Duke Street after the Duke of York, only to be name Stone Street in 1794 for being the first street in the city paved with cobblestone. -
The Duke of York Laws (1665-75). Including the 1665 English rule that no Christians can be held in slavery.
Legal history document of the Duke of Charter Laws were set in the New York colony with references to discriminatory laws against the colony's black population, such as the 1665 law of no Christians being held in slavery. -
The New York Gazette's advertisements of runaway enslaved people and slave market schedules.
Collection of advertisements from the New York Gazette about runaway enslaved people and some that are scheduled to be sold.