Denmark Vesey

Two of the most noted who suffered, were named Telemaque Vesey (commonly called Denmark Vesey) and Gullah Jack (Angola Jack).

The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King; and His Experience of Slavery in South Carolina. Written by Himself. Corrected and Arranged by Peter Neilson. 1847

That was followed in 1822 by the planned revolt of a slave named Denmark Vesey in Charleston.

Lonnie Bunch: What motivated South Carolina to secede so quickly? Lonnie Bunch 2010

Another 21 percent were executed for insurrection, a result of the Denmark Vesey conspiracy of 1822.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

He wrote all the time -- about slave uprisings and Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner and also about boating, snowstorms, woodbines, and exercise.

'White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson' 2008

Did he give them any pamphlets to read about Frederick Douglass or Nat Turner or Denmark Vesey?

Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

Doug's character name on the show, Griffin Vesey, comes by an extraordinarily circuitous path from Denmark Vesey.

Archive 2007-08-05 Rogers 2007

Doug's character name on the show, Griffin Vesey, comes by an extraordinarily circuitous path from Denmark Vesey.

BOURNE structure Rogers 2007

The hard, cold facts remind me that it was unbending idealists like William Lloyd Garrison who first sounded the clarion call for justice; that it was slaves and former slaves, men like Denmark Vesey and Frederick Douglass and women like Harriet Tubman, who recognized power would concede nothing without a fight.

The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack 2006

The hard, cold facts remind me that it was unbending idealists like William Lloyd Garrison who first sounded the clarion call for justice; that it was slaves and former slaves, men like Denmark Vesey and Frederick Douglass and women like Harriet Tubman, who recognized power would concede nothing without a fight.

The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack 2006

I am not speaking of the well-known slave rebellions, famous but momentary efforts of Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, and others, nor of urban riots and revolts in more recent years.

'Skeleton in the Closet' Dickemann, Jeffrey M. 2001