Graphic novel "Revolution By Fire" explores New York's Afro-Irish uprising of 1741

The New York Conspiracy, also known as the Slave Insurrection of 1741, was a true historical event that took place in lower Manhattan in 1741. But the only real record of the uprising is from the trial that happened afterwards. — Read the rest

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