The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.

The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 was an uprising in New York City, in the Province of New York, of 23 Black enslaved people. The population consisted of a low 6,000 -8,000 people in which 1,000 of them were slaves. They killed nine whites and injured another six before they were stopped. More than 70 blacks were arrested and jailed. Of these, 27 were put on trial, and 21 convicted and executed.