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He shall go out free : the lives of Denmark Vesey / Douglas R. Egerton.
Van Pelt Library F279.C49 N423 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Egerton, Douglas R.
- Series:
- American profiles (Lanham, Md.)
- American profiles
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vesey, Denmark, approximately 1767-1822.
- Vesey, Denmark.
- Enslaved persons.
- History.
- African Americans.
- Slave rebellions.
- Charleston (S.C.)--History--Slave Insurrection, 1822.
- Charleston (S.C.).
- Slave rebellions--South Carolina--Charleston.
- African Americans--South Carolina--Charleton--Biography.
- Enslaved persons--South Carolina--Charleston--History.
- South Carolina--Charleston.
- South Carolina.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Revised and updated edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2004]
- Summary:
- In this biography of the great rebel leader Denmark Vesey, Douglas R. Egerton employs a variety of historical sources--church records, court documents, travel accounts, and newspapers from America and Saint Domingue--to recreate the lost world of the mysterious Vesey. The revised edition is updated throughout, and includes a new section addressing the recent debate over the conspiracy of 1822.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742542238
- 074254222X
- OCLC:
- 57419008
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