Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia.

My name is Jody Avergan.

This day April 6th, 1712, a group of enslaved people set fire to an outhouse at the home of Peter

Van Tilberg on Maiden Lane in what was then the northern edge of New York City.

Now incidentally for anyone who knows New York City this was way downtown but this is a nice

reminder that in 1712 the Northern Edge of New York City is like so-ho. Anyway back to our story the

fire was a signal to others to begin a revolt and when white people came out of

their homes to see what was going on with the fire,

they were confronted by a band of something like 25 or 50 enslaved people armed with guns,

axes, and knives. Eventually over the course of this 1712 slave revolt, some nine white people

would be killed and more than 70 black enslaved Americans would be arrested or jailed in the aftermath.

So here to talk about the New York City slave revolt of 1712.

Slavery as an institution in New York City in that era

are, as always, Nicole Hammer of Columbia and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley.

Hello.

Hello Jody.

Hey there.

And I should have said newly minted, newly tenured Kelly

Carter Jackson.

Kelly, you got tenure.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

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