Talk:New York Conspiracy of 1741

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Lahuard confirmed via e-mail that he is the original author. DanKeshet 17:57, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Needs Attention...

This article needs some major attention in terms of, primarily, sentence structure and general flow. Far too many sentences are broken up, when they could be connected into one sentence with a comma or semicolon. There is no need to repeat the subject, for example: "The New York Slave Insurrection was a slave revolt in the British colony of New York in 1741. In 1741, economic tension in New York had created..." From reading the first sentence, we know it took place in New York, in 1741. This does not need to be repeated in the second sentence. Also, the phrase "economic tension" is used many times, with, to my mind, an unsatisfactory explanation of what this tension was, and what brought it about. Maybe I'll come back to this and fix it when I have some more time. LordAmeth 18:01, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The Stono Rebellion (1739) and the Great Slave Conspiracy (1741) were Catholic plots to undermine Protestant England during the Global Catholic-Protestant conflict known in America as the "French & Indian Wars" (1689-1787). The Stono Rebellion & Great Slave Conspiracy occurred precisely as the "War of Jenkins' Ear" and "War of Austrian Succession" were flaring up — between Protestants and Catholics — in Europe.

Attention just an FYI

Let it be known that one of the characters of the slave revolt is referred to as Coffee in one sentence and Cuffee later on in another paragraph. Let it be known that the spelling of the name should be Kofi which is one of many names given to a child by his/her community. Kofi is masculine for being born on a Friday.. K Jubabu W —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.217.180.123 (talk) 05:09, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article Title

The article title is questionable since no insurrection appears to have occurred. BradMajors (talk) 00:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I agree that the title is problematic. Wikipedia:Naming conventions suggests that names should favor "what the greatest number of English speakers would most easily recognize".

The Encyclopedia of New York City (Kenneth T. Jackson, 1995) uses "Negro plot" (in quotation marks). Africana (Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1999) calls it the New York Slave Conspiracy of 1741. Among the sources listed at this article, "Negro plot" seems to come up a lot. And the first sentence says "The New York Slave Insurrection, also known as the Great Negro Plot of 1741 or The Great New York Conspiracy of 1741 ..."

Here are Google hits on some possible titles:

New York Slave Insurrection of 1741 (current title): 49 (includes copies of this article)

New York Negro Plot of 1741: 83 (search term "New York" "Negro Plot of 1741")

New York Conspiracy of 1741: 1,871

Great New York Conspiracy of 1741: 1,330

New York Slave Conspiracy of 1741: 31

It looks like "New York Conspiracy of 1741" or "Great New York Conspiracy of 1741" might be the appropriate title. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 03:23, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Either one of your two suggested titles is OK with me. BradMajors (talk) 04:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

In the interest of simplicity, let's use "New York Conspiracy of 1741". — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 05:40, 27 January 2008 (UTC)