The Hanging Of Angelique The Untold Story Of Canadian Slavery And The Burning Of Old Montreal.

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 inde...