Denmark Vesey : the slave conspiracy of 1822 / edited by Robert S. Starobin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Great lives observedPublication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970Description: vi,185 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0131984403
  • 131984322
Other title:
  • Denmark Vesey the slave conspiracy of 1822 : great lives observed [Other title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.5/4/0924
LOC classification:
  • F 279 .C457 S7 1970
Online resources:
Contents:
Chronology of the conspiracy and the life of Denmark Vesey --
Part one. The trial of the conspirators: 1. The "official report of the trials of sundry negroes, charged with an attempt to raise an insurrection in the state of South Carolina" -- 2. Original confessions of Bacchus Hammet and John Enslow --
Part two. Americans react to the plot: 3. Justice William Johnson doubts the extensiveness of the plot, warns against mass hysteria, and is rebuked by the court -- 4. Southerners privately ponder the meaning of the conspiracy -- 5. Southern and northern newspapers editorialize on the conspiracy -- 6. Governor Bennett explains the circumstances of the conspiracy -- 7. Statement by the mayor of Charleston -- 8. The court releases its explanation of the causes of the plot -- 9. The Reverend Richard Furman writes to Governor Thomas Bennett -- 10. The proslavery argument restated -- 11. A Charleston editor refuses the "Calumnies" against the south and proposes to eliminate the free black population -- 12.Thomas Pinckney favors excluding black workers from Charleston -- 13. Charleston citizens petition the state legislature -- 14. The South Carolina legislature further represses the Black population --
Part three. The rebellion in history: 15. "A colored American": brave patriots -- 16. Joseph C. Carroll: the national crisis of the 1820's -- 17. Richard Wade: reconsideration and revisions -- Afterword: the judgement of history.
Summary: "In Demark Vesey, Robert S. Starobin presents court documents, the views of Vesey's contemporaries, and analyses by leading historians to create a three-fold perspective. Denmark Vesey spearheaded one of the most courageous conspiracies ever to threaten the foundation of racism in America. [In addition to this], the South Carolina slave conspiracy of 1822 struck fear in the heart of white southerners. With its three-fold approach, this volume provides an objective and well-documented evaluation of these processes. The official court report of the trials and the confessions of the "conspirators" offers as factual as an account as we will ever have of what actually happened. Contemporary newspapers editorials and personal letters reveal conflicting reactions - ranging from skepticism of the extensiveness of the plot to awe at the shrewdness of Vesey and his companions. Recent evaluations place the slave plot within its historical context as part of the sectional crisis and the emerging anti-slavery movement of the 1820's while showing that the debate over the significance of black resistance to oppression still continues." -- back cover
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"The quotation on the title page is from Sterling Stucket, "Remembering Denmark Vesey - Agitator or Insurrectionist?" Negro Digest, XV (February, 1966.)" -- from title verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181 - 182) and index.

Chronology of the conspiracy and the life of Denmark Vesey --

Part one. The trial of the conspirators: 1. The "official report of the trials of sundry negroes, charged with an attempt to raise an insurrection in the state of South Carolina" -- 2. Original confessions of Bacchus Hammet and John Enslow --

Part two. Americans react to the plot: 3. Justice William Johnson doubts the extensiveness of the plot, warns against mass hysteria, and is rebuked by the court -- 4. Southerners privately ponder the meaning of the conspiracy -- 5. Southern and northern newspapers editorialize on the conspiracy -- 6. Governor Bennett explains the circumstances of the conspiracy -- 7. Statement by the mayor of Charleston -- 8. The court releases its explanation of the causes of the plot -- 9. The Reverend Richard Furman writes to Governor Thomas Bennett -- 10. The proslavery argument restated -- 11. A Charleston editor refuses the "Calumnies" against the south and proposes to eliminate the free black population -- 12.Thomas Pinckney favors excluding black workers from Charleston -- 13. Charleston citizens petition the state legislature -- 14. The South Carolina legislature further represses the Black population --

Part three. The rebellion in history: 15. "A colored American": brave patriots -- 16. Joseph C. Carroll: the national crisis of the 1820's -- 17. Richard Wade: reconsideration and revisions -- Afterword: the judgement of history.

"In Demark Vesey, Robert S. Starobin presents court documents, the views of Vesey's contemporaries, and analyses by leading historians to create a three-fold perspective. Denmark Vesey spearheaded one of the most courageous conspiracies ever to threaten the foundation of racism in America. [In addition to this], the South Carolina slave conspiracy of 1822 struck fear in the heart of white southerners. With its three-fold approach, this volume provides an objective and well-documented evaluation of these processes. The official court report of the trials and the confessions of the "conspirators" offers as factual as an account as we will ever have of what actually happened. Contemporary newspapers editorials and personal letters reveal conflicting reactions - ranging from skepticism of the extensiveness of the plot to awe at the shrewdness of Vesey and his companions. Recent evaluations place the slave plot within its historical context as part of the sectional crisis and the emerging anti-slavery movement of the 1820's while showing that the debate over the significance of black resistance to oppression still continues." -- back cover

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