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spazzmann

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Sat Apr 6, 2013, 02:13 PM Apr 2013

Today in Peace and Justice history on April 6, 1712

The first major slave rebellion in the North American British colonies took place in New York City. One out of every five New Yorkers was enslaved at the time. Twenty-three black slaves set fire to buildings, killed six white British subjects and wounded six others. http://bit.ly/14MKhIw

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