Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial by Jeremy Schipper
Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial
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Jeremy Schipper
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Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial

Jeremy Schipper

216 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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On July 2, 1822, Denmark Vesey, a formerly enslaved man, was hanged in Charleston, South Carolina. He was convicted of plotting what might have been the largest insurrection against slaveholders in US history. Witnesses claimed that Vesey appeale...

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