Denmark Vesey (c.1767–1822)

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• African American history before the Civil War in general

Review of Douglas R. Egerton, He Shall Go Out Free: The Lives of Denmark Vesey

Reviewed by Jeffrey Robert Young, H-Net Reviews, February 2001. Only recently has the old presumption of slave docility been challenged. We now appreciate the legacy of Black revolutionaries. This book situates Vesey against the swirling claims of white and black mythologies about slavery.

Denmark Vesey (c.1767-1822)

By Sterling Stuckey, soc.culture.african, [19 February 2003]. Carpenter, minister, revolutionary Vesey's example must be regarded as one of the most courageous ever to threaten the racist foundations of America. A biography with a bibliography appended.