As Denmark Vesey has occupied so large a place in the conspiracy, a brief notice of him will, perhaps, be not devoid of interest. The following anecdote will show how near he was to the chance of ...

In "An Account of the Late Intended Insurrection Among a Portion of the Blacks of this City," Charleston Intendant (Mayor) Hamilton included a lengthy biographical sketch of Denmark Vesey ...

"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 ...