| LC control no. | n 50013944 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vesey, Denmark, approximately 1767-1822 |
| Variant(s) | Vesey, Denmark, ca. 1767-1822 |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a slave. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Charleston (S.C.) |
| Birth date | 1767~ |
| Death date | 1822-07-02 |
| Place of death | Blake's Lands (S.C.) |
| Affiliation | Methodist Church (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Carpenters Slaves |
| Found in | Lofton, J. Insurrection in South Carolina, 1964 LC database, Aug. 11, 1999 (hdg.: Vesey, Denmark, 1767 (ca.)-1822) Wikipedia, Mar. 29, 2013 (Denmark Vesey; planned a slave insurrection in Charleston, S.C.; executed July 2, 1822) African American National Biography, accessed April 07, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Vesey, Denmark; Telemaque; carpenter, slave revolt leader, slave, martyr; born c.1767 in probably Saint Thomas; purchased his freedom from lottery winnings; became a well-known and respected carpenter; converted to Christianity and became a Methodist Church member; inspired a grand scheme of resistance to South Carolina's aged slavery institution; became a martyr for the American antislavery movement and a symbol for black resistance following his alleged role as mastermind of the 1822 insurrection; died 02 July 1822 in Blake's Lands, South Carolina, United States) |
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