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Shaping a Conspiracy: Black Testimony in the 1741 New York Plot

Shaping a Conspiracy: Black Testimony in the 1741 New York Plot Shaping a Conspiracy Black Testimony in the 1741 New York Plot RICHARD E. BOND Virginia Wesleyan College ``The History of the Great Negro Plot in 1741, has always been a subject of curiosity,'' wrote the editor of the 1810 edition of Daniel Horsmanden's Journal of the Proceedings, a compilation of trial transcripts, witness depositions, and Horsmanden's recollections concerning the conspiratorial events that gripped New York City in 1741.1 The discerning editor's observation remains true today, as scholars have produced new studies exploring many aspects of the plot and the subsequent trials. Though some of this scholarship has focused on whether there was in fact such a plot, much of the recent work has eschewed these debates in favor of more nuanced interpretations of the conspiracy and its contexts. No longer seeking solely to understand whether blacks and whites conspired during the spring and summer of 1741 to commit arson and murder in hopes of creating a biracial, quasi-egalitarian society, authors have sought to identify the multiple ``discourses of conspiracy,'' the An early version of this paper was delivered at the Researching New York 2004 conference. For their many insightful comments and suggestions, I wish to thank Jack P. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal University of Pennsylvania Press

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Shaping a Conspiracy Black Testimony in the 1741 New York Plot RICHARD E. BOND Virginia Wesleyan College ``The History of the Great Negro Plot in 1741, has always been a subject of curiosity,'' wrote the editor of the 1810 edition of Daniel Horsmanden's Journal of the Proceedings, a compilation of trial transcripts, witness depositions, and Horsmanden's recollections concerning the conspiratorial events that gripped New York City in 1741.1 The discerning editor's observation remains true today, as scholars have produced new studies exploring many aspects of the plot and the subsequent trials. Though some of this scholarship has focused on whether there was in fact such a plot, much of the recent work has eschewed these debates in favor of more nuanced interpretations of the conspiracy and its contexts. No longer seeking solely to understand whether blacks and whites conspired during the spring and summer of 1741 to commit arson and murder in hopes of creating a biracial, quasi-egalitarian society, authors have sought to identify the multiple ``discourses of conspiracy,'' the An early version of this paper was delivered at the Researching New York 2004 conference. For their many insightful comments and suggestions, I wish to thank Jack P.

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Published: May 3, 2007

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