British Account of Jamaican Slave Uprising, 1760
“AMERICA. Jamaica, May 8. The Rebellion amongst the Negroes has been of bad Consequence to the whole Island. Their plot was deep and cruel. Their Design was to rise at Kingston and Spanish Town, in ...
Prostitutes Punished in New York City, 1753
"New York, July 23. Last Thursday [July 19, 1753] 22 Ladies of Pleasure, who were taken out of several Houses of ill Repute in this City, were committed to the Workhouse; and next Day, five of them, who could give ...
