United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822)
1The three best known insurrections were those led by Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, and Nat Turner.
2Not so with Denmark Vesey.
3The death of Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner proved long since to the Negro the present hopelessness of physical defence.
4Later, Nat Turner led a bloody slave revolt while Denmark Vesey plotted one, both citing Christian visions as their motivation.
5But among all the reports there are only two sentences which really reveal the secret soul of Denmark Vesey, and show his impulses and motives.
6These were led by Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, and Nat Turner and occurred within the short span between 1800 and 1831.
7In Charleston, South Carolina, a young slave named Denmark Vesey won $1,500 in a lottery with which he purchased his freedom.
8Denmark Vesey had come very near figuring as a revolutionist in Hayti, instead of South Carolina.
9Denmark Vesey - one of the church's founders - was a leader of a failed slave revolt in 1822.