Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Trial of the Arsonist Slave

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Marie-Joseph Angelique made several attempts to escape from slavery before she was tortured, convicted on circumstantial evidence, and executed in 1734 on charges of setting fire to her masters' house, a blaze that razed much of Montreal.

Haitian-Canadian actress Tetchena Bellange coproduced and starred in a 2009 play examining Angelique's historical legacy, then expanded the play into the 52-minute 2010 documentary Black Hands: Trial of the Arsonist Slave.…

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