false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180487552m/1046669.jpg 1046669 4 During the night of April 10, 1734, Montréal burned. Marie-Joseph Angélique, a twenty-nine-year-old slave, was arrested, tried, and found guilty of starting the blaze that consumed forty-six buildings. Suspecting that she had not acted alone and angered that she had maintained her innocence, Angélique's condemners tortured her after the trial. She confessed but named no accomplices. Before Angélique was hanged, she was paraded through the city. Afterward, her corpse was burned. Angélique, who had been born in Portugal, faded into the shadows of Canadian history, vaguely remembered as the alleged arsonist behind an early catastrophic fire.<p><br>The result of fifteen years of research, <i>The Hanging of Angélique</i> vividly tells the story of this strong-willed woman. Afua Cooper draws on extensive trial records that offer, in Angélique's own words, a detailed portrait of her life and a sense of what slavery was like in Canada at the time. Predating other first-person accounts by more than forty years, these records constitute what is arguably the oldest slave narrative in the New World.<p><br>Cooper sheds new light on the largely misunderstood or ignored history of slavery in Canada. She refutes the myth that Canada was a haven at the end of the Underground Railroad. Cooper also provides a context for Canada in the larger picture of transatlantic slavery while re-creating the tragic life of one woman who refused to accept bondage. 1033095 2006 The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900) total:15|5:1|4:5|3:5|2:3|1:1| 15 47 35 7 0 1 false false Sat Aug 01 14:08:34 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 14:08:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 09:26:03 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 09:29:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 05:28:15 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 14:07:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 09:28:30 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 06:31:38 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed May 14 19:26:50 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 19:27:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 14 14:07:41 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 17:28:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:19:57 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 00:20:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 09:37:33 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 09:37:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 07:01:51 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 07:01:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 20:56:36 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 20:56:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 13:23:02 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 13:23:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 15 11:23:07 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:23:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 11 11:34:04 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 11:34:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 18:04:53 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:06:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 06 15:39:03 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 15:39:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 05 19:12:41 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 19:12:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 08:45:39 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 08:45:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 27 17:22:36 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 17:22:36 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun Apr 12 10:00:09 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 10:00:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 16:12:23 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 16:12:23 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1046669