Denmark Vesey
The Buried Story of America's Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led It
In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, David Robertson illuminates the shadowy figure who planned a slave rebellion so daring that, if successful, it might have changed the face of the antebellum South. This is the story of a man who, like Nat Turner, Marcus Garvey, and Malcolm X, is a complex yet seminal hero in the history of African American emancipation.Denmark Vesey was a charasmatic ex-slave--literate, professional, and relatively well-off--who had purchased his own freedom with the winnings from a lottery. Inspired by the success of the revolutionary black republic in Haiti, he persuaded some nine thousand slaves to join hi…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-307-48373-7
- EAN: 9780307483737
- Produktnummer: 15729733
- Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 222 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'603 KB
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David Robertson is the author of a biography of James F. Byrnes and Booth: A Novel. He lives in La France, South Carolina.
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