Passionate Lucidity

In The Late Colonial Period One-Third Of Kings County-Brooklyn-Were Black Slaves And Their Dutch-Descended Masters Were Never Free Of Fear Of Their Revolt. But The Slaves Too Had Much To Fear From Insurrection As Overreaction To It Invariably Cost Them Deeply. How Can Each Deal With An Age-Old Oppression The Solution To Which Is Still Beyond The Horizon? Their Lives Become More Strained When The Horrific French And Indian War Roils The Local Economy And All Of Its Population To The Point Where Any Dereliction Of Duty Any Personal Slight Can Set Off An Enormous Conflagration.