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  1. Interpreter, domestic servant, carpenter, and pastor. Known for. Convicted of plotting a slave revolt. Denmark Vesey (also Telemaque) ( c. 1767 –July 2, 1822) was a free Black 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 ...

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  2. Jul 19, 2022 · Updated August 10, 20228:11 PM ET. From. By. Victoria Hansen. Enlarge this image. Statue of Denmark Vesey at Hampton Park in Charleston, S.C. Formerly enslaved, Vesey bought his freedom with...

  3. Denmark Vesey was born circa 1767 in the Caribbean island of St. Thomas and died July 2, 1822, in Charleston, South Carolina. 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's work inspired North American 19th-century Black ...

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  5. Quick Facts. 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 modeled his rebellion after the successful 1791 slave revolution in Haiti.

  6. Mar 15, 2017 · That’s a question that confronts historians who study the story of Denmark Vesey, a black carpenter who bought his freedom after winning the lottery and then secretly plotted a slave rebellion...

  7. Jul 1, 2022 · The crowd, Black and White, rose for a standing ovation. Contact Jennifer Hawes at 843-937-5563. Follow her on Twitter @jenberryhawes. Upon the 200th anniversary of Denmark Vesey's execution and ...

  8. Jun 28, 2016 · ca. 1767–July 2, 1822. In all, related to Vesey’s plan, the Charleston courts arrested 131 slaves and free blacks. Thirty were released without trial. 4 minutes to read. 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 unknown.

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