Table of Contents: “…Fires of discontent, echoes of Africa : the 1712 New York City revolt -- "Only draw in your countrymen" : the 1741 New York City conspiracy revisited -- Dance, conjure, and flight : culture and resistance in colonial South Carolina -- "We will wade to our knees in blood" : blacksmiths and ritual spaces in Gabriel Prosser's conspiracy -- "I will gather all nations" : ethnic collaboration in Denmark Vesey's Charleston plot -- "I was ordained for some great purpose" : conjure, Christianity, and Nat Turner's revolt -- Folklore and the creation of an African American identity.…”