South Carolina – African-Americans – Denmark Vesey

South Carolina SC African-American History Denmark Vesey

Denmark Vesey Biography

• Brief overview of Vesey's life - as told to the court by Charleston Intendant (mayor) James Hamilton in 1822
  – Detailed biography - includes sources for futher study
  
  
• 56 Bull Street - Charleston - believed to be Denmark Vesey's home
  

Denmark Vesey Conspiracy

• Denmark Vesey Conspiracy - 1822 - recounts details surrounding Vesey's plot to overtake Charleston
  – Sentence of "Gullah Jack" Pritchard | Background info
  – Confession of Monday Gell
  
  
• Denmark Vesey and his Co-Conspirators - historian Michael P. Johnson contradicts the commonly accepted accounts of the rebellion - full article available for purchase
  
  
• Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church - central to conspiracy
  – More about Emanuel AME Church - with historical photo
  

Contemporary White Opinions of Vesey Conspiracy

• Negro Plot. An Account of the Late Intended Insurrection among a Portion of the Blacks of the City of Charleston, South Carolina - Charleston Intendant (mayor) James Hamilton - 1822
  
  
• Reflections, Occasioned by the late Disturbances in Charleston - suggests strategies to reduce the black population - anonymous - 1822
  – Background info about Reflections