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The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning

The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal Paperback / softback - 2007

by Afua Cooper

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Paperback / softback. New. During the night of April 10, 1734, Montreal burned. Marie-Joseph Angelique, a 29-year-old slave, was arrested, and found guilty of starting the blaze that consumed 46 buildings. Suspecting that she had not acted alone, Angelique's condemners tortured her after the trial. This work tells the story of Marie-Joseph Angelique.
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Citations

  • Multicultural Review, 12/01/2007, Page 68
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2007, Page 157

About the author

Afua Cooper is a leading scholar of the African diaspora in Canada. Her many publications include the coauthored collection "We're Rooted Here and They Can't Pull Us Up," which won the Joseph Brant History Prize. She has also curated three exhibits on black Canadian history. Cooper taught history and Canadian studies at the University of Toronto and Caribbean studies at Ryerson University. She is a celebrated dub poet, whose work is available in print and audio. "Essence" has listed Cooper as one of the twenty-five notable international women who have "put themselves on the line to change the world."