The hanging of Angelique : the untold story of Canadian slavery and the burning of old Montréal

Cooper, Afua.

Book 2006

The result of fifteen years of research, The Hanging of Angelique vividly tells the story of Marie-Joseph Angelique, a twenty-nine-year-old slave, born in Portugal, who was hanged and burned for allegedly starting the catastrophic fire that consumed forty-six buildings in Montreal on April 10, 1734. Afua Cooper draws on extensive trial records that offer, in Angelique's own words, a detailed portrait of her life and a sense of what slavery was li...

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