S04E11: Denmark Vesey and Slave Rebellion - a podcast by Brady J. Crytzer

In 1822 a former slave took the name of Denmark Vesey and
sent the antebellum south into a tailspin. Born in the Caribbean, Vesey
purchased his own freedom for $600 and quickly became one of the most visible
figures of African-American liberation in the city of Charleston. Though he was
himself free, Vesey worked closely with enslaved peoples and organized what
would have been the largest slave uprising in American history. Betrayed by his
own people and brutally executed, Vesey’s impact aroused the political emotions
of the South to pass aggressive new laws that moved the country one step closer
to civil war. On this episode we discuss Denmark Vesey.

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