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Daniel Horsmanden

(Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778)

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• Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778: The Negro Conspiracy in The City of New York, in 1741: Containing a Full Account of the Burning of the Fort, Government House, Chapel, Hall of Records, and the Firing of Many Other Buildings in the City of New York; With an Account of the Arrest, Indictment, Trial and Execution of Thirty-Three of the Conspirators, Thirteen of Whom Were Burned at the Stake (New York: G. W. Schott, 1851), ed. by William B. Wedgwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778: The New-York Conspiracy, or, A History of the Negro Plot, With the Journal of the Proceedings Against the Conspirators at New-York in the Years 1741-2 (second edition; New York: Southwick and Pelsue, 1810)
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• Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778: A journal of the proceedings in the detection of the conspiracy formed by some white people, in conjunction with Negro and other slaves, for burning the city of New-York in America, and murdering the inhabitants. ... Containing, I. A narrative of the trials, condemnations, executions, and behaviour of the several criminals, at the gallows and stake, with their speeches and confessions; with notes, observations and reflections occasionally interspersed throughout the whole. II. An appendix, wherein is set forth some additional evidence concerning the said conspiracy and conspirators, which has come to light since their trials and executions. III. Lists of the several persons (whites and blacks) committed on account of the conspiracy; and of the several criminals executed; and of those transported, with the places whereto. / By the Recorder of the City of New-York. ; [One line in Latin from Virgil] (New-York: : Printed by James Parker, at the new printing-office,, 1744) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778: The New-York conspiracy; or, A history of the Negro plot, with the Journal of the proceedings against the conspirators at New-York in the years 1741-2. (Negro Universities Press, 1969) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778: The New-York conspiracy, or A history of the Negro plot, with the journal of the proceedings against the conspirators at New-York in the years 1741-2 ... (Negro Universities Press, 1969) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778: The New York conspiracy, or A history of the Negro plot, with the journal of the proceedings against the conspirators at New York in the years 1741-2. Together with several interesting tables, containing the names of the white and black persons arrested on account of the conspiracy, the times of their trials, their sentences, their executions by burning and hanging, names of those transported, and those discharged. With a variety of other useful and highly interesting matter. (Printed and published by Southwick & Pelsue, no. 3, New Street, 1810) (page images at HathiTrust)

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