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Denmark Vesey's revolt

Lofton, John.

Denmark Vesey's revolt the slave plot that lit a fuse to Fort Sumter / [electronic resource] : John Lofton ; new introduction by Peter C. Hoffer. - Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - American abolitionism and antislavery .

Originally published under title: Insurrection in South Carolina. Yellow Springs, Ohio : Antioch Press, 1964.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A key port -- Slavery in the islands -- Slave life at sea -- Slave city in a free republic -- Burden bearers in South Carolina -- Seeds of insurrection -- The half-free community -- Mainstream of reaction -- Eddies of revolution -- Preparing the ground -- The hour for revolt -- Rebels on trial -- The harvest of fears -- A fuse to Fort Sumter.

9781612777054 1612777058


Vesey, Denmark, approximately 1767-1822.


Slavery--South Carolina.


Charleston (S.C.)--History--Slave Insurrection, 1822.


Electronic books.

F279.C49 / N44 2013

306.3/6209757