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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 slave revolt in 1822. [1] Although the alleged plot was discovered before it could be realized, its potential scale stoked the fears of the antebellum planter class ...
Denmark Vesey (born c. 1767, probably St. Thomas, Danish West Indies—died July 2, 1822, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.) was a self-educated Black man who planned the most extensive slave rebellion in U.S. history (Charleston, 1822).
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Commonly known as the Denmark Vesey House, the house located at 56 Bull Street in Charleston, South Carolina was for a long time thought to be the house once inhabited by black abolitionist Denmark Vesey.
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Enslaved from birth Denmark Vesey (given name: Telemaque) spent his childhood in St. Thomas. When Vesey was a teen, he was sold by a trader of enslaved people Captain Joseph Vesey and sent to a planter in present-day Haiti. Captain Vesey intended to leave the boy there for good, but ultimately had to return for him after the planter reported that t...
In 1816 or 1817, Vesey joined the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a religious denomination formed by Black Methodists after facing racism from White churchgoers. In Charleston, Vesey was one of an estimated 4,000 Black people to start an African A.M.E. church. He formerly attended the White-led Second Presbyterian Church, where enslaved Black c...
Vesey was determined to take down the institution of enslavement. In 1822, he teamed up with Angolan mystic Jack Purcell, ship-carpenter Peter Poyas, church leaders, and others to plot what would have been the largest revolt of enslaved people in US history. Known as a conjurer who understood the supernatural world, Purcell, also called “Gullah Jac...
Bennett, Vesey, and Gullah Jack were among the 131 men arrested for conspiracy in connection to the insurrection plot. Of those arrested, 67 were convicted. Vesey defended himself during the trial but was hanged along with about 35 others, including Jack, Poyas, and Bennett. Although Wilson won his freedom due to his loyalty to his enslaver, he did...
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Jul 19, 2022 · Charleston, S.C. -- Tucked away on the edge of a city park, miles from historic homes and carriage tours, a bronze statue of Denmark Vesey stands tall among lush palms and live oaks. A flyer for...
Jul 1, 2022 · Denmark Vesey, her grandfather’s ancestor, had been executed for leading a thwarted slave revolt, his legacy scrubbed from the city whose Black residents he had tried to liberate.
The plot organized by Denmark Vesey, a free black carpenter, in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1822 was perhaps the largest slave conspiracy in North American history. Although brought into the city in 1783 as a slave of Captain Joseph Vesey, Telemaque, as he was then known, purchased his freedom in December 1799 with lottery winnings.
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