The Hanging of Anglique : Canada Slavery and the Burning of Montreal

About this book

Writer historian and poet Afua Cooper tells the astonishing story of Marie-Joseph Anglique a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montral in April 1734 and condemned to die a brutal death. In a powerful retelling of Angliques storynow supported by archival illustrationsCooper builds on 15 years of research to shed new light on a rebellious Portuguese-born black woman who refused to accept her indentured servitude. At the same time Cooper completely demolishes the myth of a benign slave-free Canada revealing a damning 200- year-old record of legally and culturally endorsed slavery.