The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal

by Afua Cooper

Book Overview

During the night of April 10, 1734, Montr al burned. Marie-Joseph Ang lique, a twenty-nine-year-old slave, was arrested, tried, and found guilty of starting the blaze that consumed forty-six buildings. Suspecting that she had not acted alone and angered that she had maintained her innocence, Ang lique's condemners tortured her after the trial. She confessed but named no accomplices. Before Ang lique was hanged, she was paraded through the city. Afterward,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820329401
• ISBN13: 9780820329406
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.0"