Denmark Vesey's Revolt : The Slave Plot That Lit a Fuse to Fort Sumter /

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In 1822, Denmark Vesey was found guilty of plotting an insurrection--what would have been the biggest slave uprising in U.S. history. A free man of color, he was hanged along with 34 other African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, in what historians agree was probably the largest civil execut...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lofton, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vesey, Denmark, > approximately 1767-1822.
Slavery.
Slavery > South Carolina.
South Carolina > Charleston.
South Carolina.
Charleston (Car. du S.) > Histoire > 1822 (Revolte d'esclaves)
Charleston (S.C.) > History > Slave Insurrection, 1822.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A key port
  • Slavery in the islands
  • Slave life at sea
  • Slave city in a free republic
  • Burden bearers in South Carolina
  • Seeds of insurrection
  • The half-free community
  • Mainstream of reaction
  • Eddies of revolution
  • Preparing the ground
  • The hour for revolt
  • Rebels on trial
  • The harvest of fears
  • A fuse to Fort Sumter.

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