Denmark Vesey - Wikipedia
Denmark Vesey (also Telemaque) (c. 1767 –July 2, 1822) was a free Black man and community leader in Charleston, South Carolina, who was accused and convicted of planning a major …
Denmark Vesey | Biography, Slave Rebellion, Death, & Facts
Denmark Vesey, self-educated Black man who in 1822 planned the most extensive slave rebellion in U.S. history. The revolt, which was to take place in Charleston, South Carolina, was …
Denmark Vesey - U.S. National Park Service
Denmark Vesey, a carpenter and formerly enslaved person, allegedly planned an enslaved insurrection to coincide with Bastille Day in Charleston, South Carolina in 1822. Vesey …
Denmark Vesey's slave revolt was thwarted. His legacy is honored - NPR
2022年7月19日 · So who was Denmark Vesey, now being celebrated in a nation that continues to fight over civil rights and education? Born in St. Thomas, Vesey was enslaved before being …
Denmark Vesey, Leader of a Foiled Revolt by Enslaved People
2020年11月26日 · Known in his early years as Telemaque, Vesey was a free Black man who organized what would have been the largest rebellion by enslaved people in the United States. …
Vesey, Denmark - South Carolina Encyclopedia
2016年6月28日 · Slave, artisan, abolitionist. Vesey was probably born on the Danish Caribbean sugar island of St. Thomas around 1767; the names and nationality of his parents are …
Denmark Vesey Conspiracy of 1822 - Blackpast
2007年3月27日 · Denmark Vesey Conspiracy of 1822. After one loyal slave told his master about a plot to seize the city of Charlestown, South Carolina and kill all the whites, local authorities …
This Far by Faith . Denmark Vesey - PBS
Vesey became a martyr for African-Americans and a symbol for the abolitionist movement, while the increasingly militant politics of white America dragged the country toward Civil War. KEY …
Remarkable Life of Denmark Vesey, Co-Founder of Emanuel …
2015年6月18日 · Denmark Vesey, a co-founder of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where nine people were shot dead on Wednesday …
The Story of Denmark Vesey
2015年6月18日 · The Story of Denmark Vesey. A drawing of a church in Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1812 (John Rubens Smith / Library of Congress) On Saturday afternoon, May …