The white slaveowners believed that the slaves had arranged a plot to kill them, they believed the slaves were capable of a rebellion since the population of African Americans at the time was immense. As stated by Daniel Horsmanden in “The New York Conspiracy, Or A History of the Negro Plot,” Insurrections and conspiracies were, at this juncture, frequent in the West India Islands…these circumstances aggravated the horrors of a domestic plot to such a degree.” The New York were seeing that slaves were capable of a revolt as it was happening in other places. Slaves were not looked upon with the highest regard and were prohibited from social activities such as drinking in taverns without their masters present, or even being outside past sunset. Horsmanden states “…the white inhabitants, regarding every negro slave as an incendiary and an assassin, carried their apprehensions and resentments beyond all bounds,” (The New York Conspiracy, Preface To The Second Edition) Slaveowners knew that such laws and the treatment faced by the African Americans would be cause of revenge and
The white slaveowners believed that the slaves had arranged a plot to kill them, they believed the slaves were capable of a rebellion since the population of African Americans at the time was immense. As stated by Daniel Horsmanden in “The New York Conspiracy, Or A History of the Negro Plot,” Insurrections and conspiracies were, at this juncture, frequent in the West India Islands…these circumstances aggravated the horrors of a domestic plot to such a degree.” The New York were seeing that slaves were capable of a revolt as it was happening in other places. Slaves were not looked upon with the highest regard and were prohibited from social activities such as drinking in taverns without their masters present, or even being outside past sunset. Horsmanden states “…the white inhabitants, regarding every negro slave as an incendiary and an assassin, carried their apprehensions and resentments beyond all bounds,” (The New York Conspiracy, Preface To The Second Edition) Slaveowners knew that such laws and the treatment faced by the African Americans would be cause of revenge and