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Denmark Vesey   /dˈɛnmˌɑrk vˈɛsi/   Listen
Denmark Vesey

noun
1.
United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822).  Synonym: Vesey.





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... arrested. This refers to ten prisoners who were seized on June 18th,—an arrest which killed the plot, and left only the terrors of what might have been. The investigation, thus publicly commenced, soon revealed a free colored man named Denmark Vesey as the leader of the enterprise,—among his chief coadjutors being that innocent Peter and that unsuspecting Mingo who had been examined and discharged nearly ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 7, No. 44, June, 1861 • Various


Words linked to "Denmark Vesey" :   rebel, slave, insurrectionist, insurgent, freedom fighter


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