Denmark Vesey's Bible : the thwarted revolt that put slavery and scripture on trial /

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 appealed to numerous biblical texts to promote and justify th...

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Main Author:	Schipper, Jeremy (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Vesey, Denmark, > approximately 1767-1822 > Trials, litigation, etc Vesey, Denmark, > approximately 1767-1822 Bible > Black interpretations > ^A1489001 Bible > Black interpretations Bible > Interprétations noires Bible > Interprétations noires Bible 1822 Slave insurrections > South Carolina > Charleston > History Slave rebellions > South Carolina > Charleston > History Slavery and the church > ^A1061616 Slavery and the church Révoltes d'esclaves > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Histoire Révoltes d'esclaves > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Histoire Black interpretations of sacred works HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) Slave insurrections Slave rebellions Charleston (S.C.) > History > Slave Insurrection, 1822 > ^A1002608 Charleston (S.C.) > History > Slave Insurrection, 1822 Charleston (Car. du S.) > Histoire > 1822 (Révolte d'esclaves) Charleston (Car. du S.) > Histoire > 1822 (Révolte d'esclaves) South Carolina > Charleston History Trials, litigation, etc

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