| Description |
185 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Great lives observed |
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Great lives observed.
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| Note |
"A Spectrum book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-182) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Chronology of the conspiracy and the life of Denmark Vesey -- The trials of the conspirators -- The "Official report of the trials of sundry negroes, charged with an attempt to raise an insurrection in the state of South Carolina" -- Original confessions of Bacchus Hammet and John Enslow -- Americans react to the plot -- Justice William Johnson doubts the extensiveness of the plot, warns against mass hysteria, and is rebuked by the court -- Southerners privately ponder the meaning of the conspiracy -- Southern and Northern newspapers editorialize on the conspiracy -- Governor Bennett explains the circumstances of the conspiracy -- Statement by the Mayor of Charleston -- The court releases its explanation of the causes of the plot -- The Reverend Richard Furman writes to Governor Thomas Bennett -- The proslavery argument restated -- A Charleston editor refutes the "calumnies" against the South and proposes to eliminate the free black population -- Thomas Pinckney favors excluding black workers from Charleston -- Charleston citizens petition the state legislature -- The South Carolina legislature further represses the black population -- The rebellion in history -- "A colored American" : Brave patriots -- Joseph C. Carroll : The national crisis of the 1829s -- Richard Wade : Reconsiderations and revisions. |
| Subject |
Vesey, Denmark, approximately 1767-1822.
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Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Slave Insurrection, 1822.
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Slave insurrections -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
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| ISBN |
0131984403 |
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9780131984400 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 782111211 |
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NZ1 3565760 |
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AU@ 000000554760 |
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