The Hanging of Angélique

The Hanging of Angélique

by Afua Cooper
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Publisher:
University of Georgia Press
Genre:Social Science
Language: en
Published:2007
ISBN13:9780820329406
ISBN10:0820329401

About the Book

New light is shed on the largely misunderstood or ignored history of slavery in Canada through this portrait of slave Marie-Joseph Angelique, who in 1734 was arrested, tried, convicted, and executed for starting a fire that destroyed more than forty Montreal buildings. Simultaneous.