Charleston, S.C. --Tucked away on the edge of a city park, miles from historic homes and carriage tours, a bronze statue of Denmark ... white people. As a child, he never heard Vesey was a freedom ...

I’m interested in the complexity of people’s lives, so the loss of a rebel hero doesn’t bother me.” The new view of Denmark Vesey undermines what had been seen as a rich source of insight ...

Denmark Vesey had come very near figuring ... by rushing on the people and saving the prisoners, or all dying together.” The only person to divide with Vesey the claim of leadership was Peter ...

But for civilized people, terrorism should never be justified—and neither should Denmark Vesey,” he wrote. Just over a decade later, in May 2021, The Post and Courier reported that Vesey’s ...

You may not have heard of Denmark Vesey, who inspired abolitionists like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, but some people in Charleston, S.C., are trying to change that. Victoria Hansen reports.

Michelle Vesey grew up soaking in ... When the captain settled in Charleston, Denmark became a carpenter. He eventually bought his freedom. But the people who enslaved his wife and children ...

So the church’s history, people have to understand as Dr. Powers was saying, is rich in hope and resilience. And Denmark Vesey was certainly a part of that from the beginning, exhibiting those ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Lowcountry Weekend) - The city of Charleston will mark 200 years since Denmark Vesey planned an uprising to free enslaved people in the Lowcountry in a three-day event starting ...