The Hanging of Angélique
by Afua Cooper
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Publisher:
University of Georgia Press
| Genre: | Social Science |
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| 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.