The city's suppression of the African Church, which boasted a membership of over three thousand in 1820, provided the catalyst for revolt; Denmark ... On the day of Vesey's execution, state ...

As Denmark Vesey has occupied so large a place in the ... that public justice received its necessary tribute, in the execution of this man. If the party had been one moment later, he would ...

"Tell them," exclaims Denmark Vesey, the Emperor Jones in face of his imminent downfall, "tell them Denmark Vesey says 'the Day will come.'" Forty years later, the Day did come. Dorothy Heyward ...