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Denmark Vesey worked as a carpenter and was formerly an enslaved person. Vesey was born in the Danish West Indies, which are now known as the Virgin Islands of the United States. Vesey allegedly plotted an enslaved uprising in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1822 to coincide with Bastille Day. Vesey patterned his movement after Haiti's successful 1791 slave revolt.
- Subject:
- Anthropology
- Caribbean History
- U.S. History
- Virgin Islands Culture
- Material Type:
- Diagram/Illustration
- Author:
- Stephanie Chalana Brown
- Date Added:
- 08/10/2021