workingclasshistory:On this day, 6 April 1712, the first major slave rebellion in North America took place in New York. The slaves set fire to a building near Broadway and, as the colonists tried to put out the blaze, the slaves attacked them with guns,
workingclasshistory:On this day, 6 April 1712, the first major slave rebellion in North America took place in New York. The slaves set fire to a building near Broadway and, as the colonists tried to put out the blaze, the slaves attacked them with guns,