London was the slave of a rich silversmith named Benjamin Wyncoop. Several witnesses said he was involved in a slave plot to burn down New York. At his 1741 trial, one witness, a slave, said he once heard London swear he would kill his master and mistress. A white witness said that he had seen London bring a silver spoon to Hughson's Tavern to be hammered down and sold to finance the revolt. Two other slaves said London was at a big meeting at Hughson's Tavern when blacks and whites planned together to burn the town. For more about Wyncoop's London link to "Life Stories: Profiles of Black New Yorkers During Slavery and Emancipation" Close