John Lofton: 1 book
Denmark Vesey's Revolt
The Slave Plot that Lit a Fuse to Fort Sumter
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
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 execution...
