RACE, CRIME & RESISTANCE: ASTUDY OF THE NEW YORK CONSPIRACY OF 1741. Nathalie S. Richardson; mentor, Dr. Edna Green Medford, Department of History The New York Conspiracy of 1741 began with a burglary in February of that year. The crime was the first in a series of related robberies and fires in New York City between February and April of 1741, which aroused suspicion of conspiracy among the colonists. In March, a report concerning the initial February robbery spurred an investigation in which an alleged interracial conspiracy to burn the town, kill most of the whites, and seize control of the government was reported. The threat of such a coordinated black rebellion and white sedition effort thrust the white colonists of New York City into panic. In the course of the trials of the New York Conspiracy, approximately 30 blacks and 4 whites were executed and 70 blacks slaves were deported. Historiography of the Conspirarcy of 1741 often focuses on reconstruction of events and the question of whether any such conspirarcy actually existed. This study of the Conspiracy treats the community's belief in and response to the alleged plot as significant and discusses what the major events of the affair -- the robberies, arson, and subsequent trials -- reveal about the relationships between race, crime, and resistance in colonial New York City. The study analyzes the alleged crimes and subsequent trials as a response to restrictive slave codes and as a reflection of the extant interracial dialectic of white domination and black resistance. The purpose of this research is to contribute to the historical component of the African Burial Ground Project at Howard University. The African Burial Ground Project consists of the excavation and analysis of the remains of the Lower Manhattan "Negro Burial Ground," a cemetery used by New Yorkers between 1712 and 1790.			This historical inquiry is intended to complement the anthropological, archeological, and biological studies of the African Burial Ground Project. The events of the Conspiracy were certainly of importance and provide insight into the legal, social, and cultural conditions under which blacks struggled for self-determination in colonial New York. Nathalie S. Richardson, a history major and a political science minor, is a recent Howard University graduate. She is interested in establishing a career in International Affairs. She has combined the offerings of history and political science to develop an undergraduate program that is comprehensive and international in its scope. Her work has included historical and political study of African, Latin American, Caribbean, and North American nations, as well as foreign language training in Spanish. She has used internship opportunities to gain professional exposure in the field. For example, she has a fellowship at the Howard University International Affairs Center and a summer internship at the Women's World Bank in The Dominican Republic. As an undergraduate, Nathalie was on the Dean's list, a Trustee Scholarship recipient, a Lorraine A. Williams Scholarship recipient, and a phi Alpha Theta Honor Society Vice President. Richardson has been accepted at Princeton, Harvard, and the University of Texas. McNair Alumni