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Item Details
Title:
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THE DENMARK VESEY AFFAIR
A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY |
By: |
Douglas R. Egerton (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£160.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0813062829 |
ISBN 13: |
9780813062822 |
Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA |
Pub. date: |
30 December, 2016 |
Series: |
Southern Dissent |
Pages: |
928 |
Synopsis: |
In 1822, thirty-four slaves and their leader, a free black man named Denmark Vesey, were tried and executed for their alleged plot to murder the white citizens of Charleston, South Carolina. Presenting a vast collection of contemporary documents that support or contradict the "official" story, the editors of this volume annotate the texts and interpret the evidence. This is the definitive account of a landmark event that spurred the South to secession and holds symbolic meaning today-as evidenced by the 2015 shooting that took place in Emanuel AME Church, a church Vesey had attended. This volume argues that the Vesey plot was one of the most sophisticated acts of collective slave resistance in the history of the United States. |
Illustrations: |
38 black & white illustrations, 2 maps |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
University Press of Florida |
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Returnable |
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