The Negroes sentenced

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Title: The Negroes sentenced
Alternative Title: Negro Plot of 1741
Description: In this image by illustrator Charles Stanley Reinhart, white lawmakers in colonial New York convict enslaved African men of suspected conspiracy after a series of unexplained fires plagued the colony. Following major slave rebellions in the colonies, such as the 1739 Stono Rebellion, the New York Conspiracy of 1741 reflected white Americans' widespread fear of armed enslaved Africans—fear that would influence the creation of the Second Amendment. Reinhart produced this illustration just a few years after the case United States v. Cruikshank, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal government was not required to protect Black citizens against private criminal conspiracy and assault that deprived them of their constitutional right (including the right to bear arms). Even decades after the Conspiracy of 1741, the American government still sought to subjugate the descendants of former slaves.
Creator: Charles Stanley Reinhart (illustrator); John William Evans (engraver) See all items with this value
Publisher: New York Public Library
Date: 1881 See all items with this value
Type: Illustration
Format: Wood engraving, 4 x 4 1/2 in. (11 x 12 cm )
Identifier: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17149507
Barcode: 33333159330444
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b6883e00-c52e-012f-0cbd-58d385a7bc34
Subject: Conspiracy of 1741; enslaved people; criminal sentences; white fear; slave rebellions; colonial America See all items with this value
Temporal Coverage: 1741
Rights: This item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States.

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