The city's suppression of the African Church, which boasted a membership of over three thousand in 1820, provided the catalyst for revolt; Denmark Vesey began using his position as a respected ...

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 ...

In 1822, Denmark Vesey, a formerly enslaved man who owned a thriving carpentry business, used the Bible to help recruit people of African descent to join a slave rebellion that would culminate in the ...

The example of the Haitian Revolution resonated in the United States through events such as slave uprisings in the Richmond area in 1800 and, later, the planned slave rebellions of Denmark Vesey. But ...

Here are a few of those scriptures that call for us to stand for and work for justice, fairness, equality, and all things ...

It was this milieu that inspired one of the early leaders of Emanuel Church—a freed carpenter named Denmark Vesey—to take the next step. In the tradition of revolutionaries from Yorktown to ...

"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 ...

It seemed no accident that Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, and Nat Turner—who led or were alleged to have led slave revolts in 1800, 1822, and 1831—had all practiced carpentry. In the name of ...

That’s a problem, Blan Holman said. That’s not to say slavery and segregation aren’t mentioned, or that black leaders such as Denmark Vesey, Septima Clark and Esau Jenkins are ignored ...

It seemed no accident that Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, and Nat Turner—who led or were alleged to have led slave revolts in 1800, 1822, and 1831—had all practiced carpentry. In the name of ...

Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner, two of the best-known leaders, were killed for their antislavery efforts. Imagine that during the time of our enslavement, some leading authorities questioned why ...

Denmark Vesey; and David Walker, whose “An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World” implored Black people to initiate a global war against slavery. In this litany, the authors leave future ...