The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal

364 Pages·2007·12.565 MB·English

by  Afua Cooper

DENTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
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The
Hanging of
Angelique
Race in the Atlantic World,
1700-1900
SERIES EDITORS
Richard S. Newman, Rochester Institute of Technology
Patrick Rael, Bowdoin College
Manisha Sinha, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
ADVISORY BOARD
Edward Baptist, Cornell University
Christopher Brown, Rutgers University
Laurent Dubois, Michigan State University
Douglas Egerton, LeMoyne College
Leslie Harris, Emory University
Joanne Pope Melish, University of Kentucky
Erik Seeman, State University of New York, Buffalo
John Stauffer, Harvard University
The
Hanging of
Angelique
THE UNTOLD STORY OF CANADIAN SLAVERY
AND THE BURNING OF OLD MONTREAL
Afua Cooper
The University of Georgia Press
Athens
Published in 2007 by the University of Georgia Press
Athens, Georgia 30602
by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
© 2006 by Afua Cooper
All rights reserved
Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cooper, Afua
The hanging of Angelique : the untold story of Canadian slavery
and the burning of Old Montreal / Afua Cooper,
p. cm. — (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700—1900)
Originally published: Toronto : HarperCollins, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2939-0 (alk. paper)
isbn-io: 0-8203-2939-8 (alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2940-6 (pbk.: alk. paper)
isbn-io: 0-8203-2940-1 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Slaves—Quebec (Province)—Montreal—Biography.
2. Fires — Quebec (Province) — Montreal — History—18th century.
3. Montreal (Quebec)—History—18th century. I.Title.
HV6248.A55 c66 2007
97i.4'28oi4092—dc22 [b] 2006050180
The original hardcover version of this text was published
in Canada in 2006 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
To my family:
Alpha Diallo, Akil, Lamarana, and Habiba
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Contents
Preface.i
I The Torture and Hanging of Angelique.14
II Atlantic Origins: The Slave Woman from Portugal ... 23
III The Secret of Slavery in Canada. 68
IV Bourgeois Slaveholders: Francois Poulin de
Francheville and Therese de Couagne.107
V Angelique’s Montreal.141
VI First Fire, First Flight.175
VII Aprils Fire.189
VIII The Aftermath.200
IX The Trial.214
X The Verdict.252
XI The Appeal and Final Judgment.261
XII The Execution.282
XIII Angelique, the Arsonist.286
Epilogue: A SilencedVoice Heard Again.293
Acknowledgements.3°7
Notes.311
Sources.327
Index.341
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