Perhaps after meeting in a tavern, twenty-three blacks gathered on the night of April 6, 1712. It was midnight. Armed with guns, hatchets, and swords, the men set fire to a building in the middle ...

On the night of April 6, 1712, this came to head when a group of ... Armed with swords, knives, hatchets and guns, the group sought to inspire the city’s slaves to rise up against their masters ...

Perhaps after meeting in a tavern, twenty-three blacks gathered on the night of April 6, 1712. It was midnight. Armed with guns, hatchets, and swords, the men set fire to a building in the middle ...