{"product_id":"new-york-burning-jill-lepore-9781400032266","title":"New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize Finalist and Anisfield-Wolf Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNew York Burning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBancroft Prize-winning historian Jill Lepore recounts these dramatic events of 1741, when ten fires blazed across Manhattan and panicked whites suspecting it to be the work a slave uprising went on a rampage. In the end, thirteen black men were burned at the stake, seventeen were hanged and more than one hundred black men and women were thrown into a dungeon beneath City Hall. \u003cbr\u003e Even back in the seventeenth century, the city was a rich mosaic of cultures, communities and colors, with slaves making up a full one-fifth of the population. Exploring the political and social climate of the times, Lepore dramatically shows how, in a city rife with state intrigue and terror, the threat of black rebellion united the white political pluralities in a frenzy of racial fear and violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Lepore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400032261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400032266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.28w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/20\/2006 pg. 20","brand":"Jill Lepore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043934171391,"sku":"9781400032266","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a59a216-2159-43e6-8754-c0e53a0b54ea.jpg?v=1684969970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-york-burning-jill-lepore-9781400032266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}