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Denmark Vesey
The Buried Story of America's Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led It
Taschenbuch von David M. Robertson
Sprache: Englisch

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In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, David Robertson illuminates the shadowy figure who planned a slave rebellion so daring that, if successful, it might have changed the face of the antebellum South. This is the story of a man who, like Nat Turner, Marcus Garvey, and Malcolm X, is a complex yet seminal hero in the history of African American emancipation.

Denmark Vesey was a charasmatic ex-slave--literate, professional, and relatively well-off--who had purchased his own freedom with the winnings from a lottery. Inspired by the success of the revolutionary black republic in Haiti, he persuaded some nine thousand slaves to join him in a revolt. On a June evening in 1822, having gathered guns, and daggers, they were to converge on Charleston, South Carolina, take the city's arsenal, murder the populace, burn the city, and escape by ship to Haiti or Africa. When the uprising was betrayed, Vesey and seventy-seven of his followers were executed, the matter hushed by Charleston's elite for fear of further rebellion. Compelling, informative, and often disturbing, this book is essential to a fuller understanding of the struggle against slavery.
In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, David Robertson illuminates the shadowy figure who planned a slave rebellion so daring that, if successful, it might have changed the face of the antebellum South. This is the story of a man who, like Nat Turner, Marcus Garvey, and Malcolm X, is a complex yet seminal hero in the history of African American emancipation.

Denmark Vesey was a charasmatic ex-slave--literate, professional, and relatively well-off--who had purchased his own freedom with the winnings from a lottery. Inspired by the success of the revolutionary black republic in Haiti, he persuaded some nine thousand slaves to join him in a revolt. On a June evening in 1822, having gathered guns, and daggers, they were to converge on Charleston, South Carolina, take the city's arsenal, murder the populace, burn the city, and escape by ship to Haiti or Africa. When the uprising was betrayed, Vesey and seventy-seven of his followers were executed, the matter hushed by Charleston's elite for fear of further rebellion. Compelling, informative, and often disturbing, this book is essential to a fuller understanding of the struggle against slavery.
Über den Autor
David Robertson is the author of a biography of James F. Byrnes and Booth: A Novel. He lives in La France, South Carolina.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780679762188
ISBN-10: 0679762183
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Robertson, David M.
Hersteller: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 132 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: David M. Robertson
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.08.2000
Gewicht: 0,286 kg
Artikel-ID: 132629099
Über den Autor
David Robertson is the author of a biography of James F. Byrnes and Booth: A Novel. He lives in La France, South Carolina.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780679762188
ISBN-10: 0679762183
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Robertson, David M.
Hersteller: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 132 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: David M. Robertson
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.08.2000
Gewicht: 0,286 kg
Artikel-ID: 132629099
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