The Hanging Of Angelique

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ISBN-10:

0006392792

ISBN-13:

9780006392798

Author(s): Cooper, Afua
Released: Nov 28, 2006
Publisher: Harper-perennial
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
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Description:

Writer, historian and poet Afua Cooper tells the astonishing story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montréal in April 1734 and condemned to die a brutal death. In a powerful retelling of Angélique’s story―now supported by archival illustrations―Cooper builds on 15 years of research to shed new light on a rebellious Portuguese-born black woman who refused to accept her indentured servitude. At the same time, Cooper completely demolishes the myth of a benign, slave-free Canada, revealing a damning 200- year-old record of legally and culturally endorsed slavery.


























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