Atlantic Unbound  writes "widespread recognition for Denmark Vesey has been a long time coming. In 1822, in Charleston, South Carolina, Vesey masterminded what would have been the largest slave revolt in American history."  Find out why he's getting the  (deserved)  attention in these fine books!  If you are a serious student of African American History and Accomplishment, you definitely should get all three books about Vessey.  (and return here to get them)

 

Denmark Vesey

David Robertson / Hardcover / Published 1999  --- In 1822, Denmark Vesey, a Caribbean-born free Negro from Charleston, South Carolina, led the largest attempted slave revolt in U.S. history with over 9,000 blacks. Although it failed--thanks to the confessions of a house slave to his master--and Vesey was executed, his heroic attempt continues to be a source of pride for African Americans. David Robertson's well-researched book chronicles Vesey's life as a slave in Haiti, his move to Charleston, his fluency in English, Creole, and French, and his skillful use of Christian teachings (and possibly Islamic ones, as well) to inspire the slaves to rebel. "He was a black man of great physical presence, strength, and intellect," Robertson writes, "linguistically fluent and politically facile enough to mold various African ethnic and religious groups into one unified force." (Amazon reviewer)

Designs against Charleston : The Trial Record of the Denmark Slave Conspiracy of 1822

Edward A. Pearson(Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1999 -- Well researched and skilfully edited

He Shall Go Out Free: The Lives of Denmark Vesey

Douglas R. Egerton / Hardcover / Published 1999  -- another great book  ...

• Runaway Slaves : Rebels on the Plantation; John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger
• The Color of the Law : Race, Violence, and Justice in the Post-World War II South (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Cultu; Gail Williams O'Brien
• Black Rebellion : Five Slave Revolts; Thomas Wentworth Higginson, James M. McPherson (Introduction)
• The Trials of Anthony Burns : Freedom and Slavery in Emerson's Boston; Albert J. Von Frank, Albert J. Von Frank

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