The Falsely Accused Of Marie Angelique's Trial

Marie Angelique was a black slave, who with the help of her white lover was accused of setting a fire that burned down many buildings in Montreal, leaving hundreds homeless. Marie was arrested due to rumours that she set the fire and a trial was held. In the end the accused was found guilty and put to death. Examining the evidence further can prove that Marie Angelique was falsely accused and unjustly punished. This can be proven as her trail was extremely biased,there was not enough evidence to prove that she had done the crime, and that she was framed. Marie Angelique was falsely accused and unjustly punished as she had a biased trial that set her up for failure. In the time of slavery you can assume that many white people believed

the counselor eventually got the guards to strip her of her clothes and confine her in a cell chained up and constantly made fun of.(1 Brown, Paul Fehmiu, Marie-Josèphe-Angélique, Montréal, Québec 21 June 1734, 2005) This tactic was used to humiliate and intimidate Marie into saying that she had done the crime. This type of Interrogation would never be done to a white woman or any white person. They treated Marie during her Interrogation with such cruelty that you can see that the interrogator thought of her less than human. The interrogator was not the only people who thought of the blacks being less than human, it was most of the white population who thought this too because they believed they were less than human. The black slaves had little to no rights. They were not allowed to seek legal help or chose who would testify for or against them. (2“L’Accusée Se Défend.” Torture and Truth: Angélique and the Burning of Montreal, www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/angelique/proces/accuseesedefend/indexen.html.eans)Which mean that Marie Angelique a slave what’s very little knowledge had to defend herself against people who are not only trained

To fully prosecute a person to a crime and to punish them for it,all or most of the information should be presented and in order to punish the accused their has to be enough damning evidence proving that the accused is guilty. This was not the case for the Marie Angelique trial. Marie Angelique was arrested over a rumor of setting a fire that burned down many buildings in Montreal.(4 Germain, Jean-Claude, The Life and Times of Montréal, 1994) For her arrest there was no evidence that Angelique had done it, therefore she should not have been arrested in the first place as she was arrested over speculation and there was no proof that she had done anything wrong. After Angelique was arrested through the rumor they went to court where the court case was almost dropped due to their being little evidence of Marie starting the fire. Over 20 people were chosen to testify against Marie Angelique they all claimed she set the fire,but no one except a five year old saw her set the fire.(5 addition d\'Information d\'Amable Lemoine Moni.” Torture and Truth: Angélique and the Burning of Montreal, Archives Nationales Du Québec, www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/angelique/archives/courtdocument/2045en.html.) All these people believe she did it but only one questionable source saw her do it, this little girl was only