The Conspiracy Of 1741 Case Study

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Contreras 1 Luis Contreras Yarisbel Rodriguez HIST 3401 30 October 2017 The Conspiracy of 1741 The conspiracy of 1741 revealed that race played a big role in the crimes you were accused of or if you were even accused of a crime in the first place. The Conspiracy was believed to be a plot between poor white folks and the slaves to revolt and burn the New York colony. Although it was believed that the slaves were co conspirators most of the blame was put on them. This revealed that slaves received full blame for crimes even if they didn’t act alone, it also shows how slaves were essentially belittled by judges and prosecutors, this also showed how some slaves were beginning to take action and revolt against the whites, …show more content…

This demonstrates how the slaves suffered from the legal system because it didn’t hold all conspirators responsible, instead most of the blame fell into the slaves. Slaves were in the eyes of the legal system less human than whites and as a result they are discriminated against, despite only being co conspirators the slaves were prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Of course since this legal system was created by the white population it becomes clear that there is no way a slave would be treated fairly in this legal, another thing that becomes clear is the kind of culture that was accepted during that time the legal system reflects what kind of society and values were important in the colony and in the year of …show more content…

The slaves in the colony of New York are not the first or last group of slaves to attempt to mount an insurrection against their white masters, however the conspiracy of 1741 stands out the most because of the boldness and the help the slaves had from poor white people. “Instead, disgruntled slaves desired personal freedoms, and reacted against the master class by joining whites in stealing from the rich and setting their homes on fire. Finally, a fourth perspective believes that there was a conspiracy in 1741 to over throw the imperial administration and take over the colony. (Reading and Writing Terror: The New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741)” This demonstrates the length that the slaves of the New York colony were willing to go to in order to revolt against their masters. With the help of poor white people from the colony they were able to carry out the series of arson crimes against their rich white masters. This showed how slaves were willing to fight for their freedom and revolt and exposed the dysfunctional relationship between master and slave in the colony of New York, it also showed how the poor could also resort to the same measures even plot it themselves but they only need the help of

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