New Post has been published on Black ThenMarie-Joseph Angélique: Escaped Bondage Only to Be R
New Post has been published on Black ThenMarie-Joseph Angélique: Escaped Bondage Only to Be Recaptured and Tortured to DeathMarie-Joseph Angélique was an enslaved Black woman in Montréal. In 1734, she was charged with arson after a fire leveled Montréal’s merchants’ quarter. The story told is that Angélique committed the act while trying to escape bondage. Although there was never any evidence as to whether Angélique was actually guilty of the crime, she was […] http://bit.ly/2t9NDap -- source link
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