#denmarkvesey

[mrkinetik]

This is Denmark Vesey (c. 1767 - 7/2/1822). Denmark’s exact birth date & place are not known, but it is possible that he was born into slavery in St. Thomas, was enslaved in Bermuda, then brought to Charleston, South Carolina where he purchased his freedom after winning a lottery. He was around 32 at the time, he was a successful carpenter, but couldn’t buy freedom for his family. Vesey was one of the founders & taught at the new African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in 1817, the Hampstead Church, one of the first Black congregations in America. He never stopped socializing with enslaved people (Charleston was majority Black) and Vesey eventually made plans for a revolt. After the successful Haitian Revolution (1791-1804, led by Toussaint L’Ouverture, a former slave), Whites, refugee slaveholders, & free people of color fled to port cities including Charleston. Some brought enslaved Africans with them, also bringing stories of the revolution with them. Also, Vesey likely knew, as he was literate, about the 1820 Missouri Compromise and South Carolina’s 1820 law that made purchasing freedom more difficult. It is said that thousands of enslaved Africans & free Blacks were ready for the revolt, which included killing all White slaveholders, liberating slaves, & sailing to Haiti to live in a free Black nation. With the help of many co-conspirators including Gullah Jack, an enslaved African Methodist & conjurer, Vesey organized the revolt (Gullah Jack was key in recruiting African-born slaves, as he was African-born, & provided amulets for protection). A couple of slaves told the plot to their masters. Vesey was captured Vesey on June 22, 1822. Whites searched for those involved with the revolt for weeks. They were “tried” and Vesey and 5 others were executed first. Gullah Jack was executed days later. The church was burned down, although the congregation kept meeting in secret until 1865, the end of the Civil War. The first new church was built, with the help of Denmark’s son, Robert Vesey; this church is the Emanuel AME Church. Salute Denmark Vesey, a leader & organizer. #denmarkvesey #blackhistorymonth #mrkblackhistory #jaaamaccordingly (at Hampton Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuLvkssHykq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mfv9h8wgdry8

[prime4eva]

#Repost @19_keys • • • • • • Today, 14th of July, was supposed to mark the largest slave revolt in history. We must carry the torch Denmark Vesey set , he was the leader behind this organised rebellion against the South Carolina slaveholders. Though his plan was never carried through to the end, we say his name and commemorate his life and vision as a man who fought to uphold [The Black Standard]- freedom, justice and equality for all. #theblackstandard #denmarkvesey @theblackstandard_ ◼️◼️ #AlkebulanTooStrong💪🏿🌍 #DoTheKnowledge📚👀🧠=👑 https://www.instagram.com/p/CCpgP_Dnx5g/?igshid=59d4f88tv6jf

[theplantog]

#DenmarkVesey was executed July 2, 1822 he was executed by what would be considered law enforcement in today’s standard! He embodied #blacklivesmatter (at Hampton Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA7sWhWgqus/?igshid=1n00a0f3jwofx

[jsanders-ma]

#DenmarkVesey #becauseofyou #blackhistorymonth #blackexcellence365 (at Dallas, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wn6lyhqQO/?igshid=1hyqp8ucmm9it

[1sleepydormouse]

Nice mid-day walk in Hampton Park #southcarolina #charleston #nature #denmarkvesey #monument (at Hampton Park)

[supernerdplus]

My great great great great great great great grand father Denmark vesey...south Carolina #dope #dopeshit #history #denmarkvesey #family #soutcarolina #vacation

[blknzmedia]

#BlkNz365 - We acknowledge #DenmarkVesey for resisting systemic oppression by any means necessary. He was Black man who bought his freedom through a lottery but was unable to buy freedom for his family. While living in Charleston, SC he had took part in organizing allegedly 9000 enslaved Afrikans to revolt against their oppressors. However the revolt never took place because an enslaved snitch revealed his plans. Vesey and his associates were executed in 1822. Sadly ironic, the #MotherEmanuel AME church he used to organized his fellow Afrikans in 1822 is the same location where the 2015 racial hate-crime massacre took place. Free the land!!! Often Black History Month brings out the same narrative of history: The all too familiar “I have a dream, Rosa Park stayed seated, maybe edgy mention of Malcolm X as our revolution’s antagonist" kind of history. Black Noize isn’t with Black History being packaged in a neat little box & stuffed into the shortest month. We challenge our social media family to make #BlackNoize for 365 days. DM us to submit a picture of your right fist raised in the air. Black Power. Black Love. BLACK NOIZE!!! #BlkNz

[fightforthesoulofthecities]

#ABC4BlackNation #DenmarkVesey #rebelspirit #freetheland #blackresistancematters #blackhistory365 follow @FightSoulCities for series

[theyoungkingsbrand]

#BLACKHISTORY By @blackenterprise ・・・ Nine years before #NatTurner led the 1831 slave revolt in America, #DenmarkVesey was executed on July 2, 1822, for allegedly plotting to lead an insurrection involving 9,000 slaves.⠀ ⠀ It is believed that Vesey was born circa 1767 on the West Indies island of St. Thomas, and he was later sold into slavery as a teenager. Despite being a literate, educated, and skilled carpenter, he worked as a household servant to Captain Joseph Vesey, who settled in #Charleston #SouthCarolina in 1783.⠀ ⠀ In 1800, Vesey won $1,500 in a lottery, and he used the money to buy his freedom. He also purchased a carpentry shop and became a well respected artisan and minister. Despite his financial success, he could not buy his wife, Beck, or their children out of #slavery, because their master refused to sell them.⠀ ⠀ #BlackHistoryMonth #BE28andGreat #YOUNGKINGS #youngqueens #blackstrength #blackpride #blackpower #EXCELLENCE #FREEDOM #AMERICANHISTORY #YOUNGKINGSBRAND

[lasvision-blog]

#FREESTYLE #canvaspainting #mnartist #mntalent #blackhistory #denmarkvesey #marybethune #cartergoodwin #mathewhenson #tupac #sherylswoopes #bobmarley #hueypnewton #phillisweatley #medgarevers #maejemison #emmetttill #sojournertruth #mohammedali -LA

[wearwolfapparel]

Got some friends faling into the colonizer game and trying to exclude my west indian fam. You don't get to cut off the diaspora! They are afro-indigenous in many cases, like most of us are. Don't let colonial politricks put you in a mood to "other" your own cousins. We are not monolithic, we don't have to agree all the time, but this is famlee! --- #UrbanShaman #WearWolfApparel #BRKGNG #shamanism #Spiritual #meditation #manifestation #abundance #healing #loveyourself #lawofattraction #LOA #jaxigers #indigenous #BlackAndIndigenous #gullahgeechee #Seminole #afronative --- Reposted from @geecheeexperience #truthtuesday Denmark Vesey statue located downtown Charleston: Hampton Park After 20 years of slavery Denmark Vesey "bought" his freedom and tried to buy his family but was denied. This act of injustice motivated Vesey to organize what would have been the largest slave revolt in U.S. history. "If we all ain't free den ain't nun of us free" type energy Approximately 9,000 African Americans in South Carolina were prepared for battle but the plan was betrayed by several fearful enslaved people who snitched to authorities. Denmark and other soldiers involved were arrested. He defended himself at trial, but was sentenced and lynched on the "Hanging Tree" located on Ashley Ave along with about 35 Black people; some 35 others were sold to Caribbean plantation owners.  #geecheeexperience #gullahgeecheeculture #haitianhistory #denmarkvesey #gullahwars #Charleston #explorecharleston #hamptonpark #LovecraftCountryHBO (at Urban Shaman Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/CECuDXDhXT-/?igshid=lvpiq2t511p1

[foodsic1]

#nowplaying #GensuDean #DenmarkVesey #WholeFoodLP / 🔥 Track(s): Saturday, Gun Emoji (Bang), Surreal n Gga Now that I've finished re-listening/re-ranking all of 2017, I'm going back and doing the same for 2016 so prepare yourself! I welcome ALL recommendations. ____________ My Ratings Defined ____________ I use traditional 5-star ratings (no ½ stars for individual tracks). Keep in mind that these ratings change over time with repeat listens. 🎧 o  5.00 = A Masterpiece (See hashtag "foodsicFire" ) o  4.50 = Fucknomenal (foodsicFire) - The album is phenomenal and stands a good chance at being named a classic in the upcoming years. Nearly every song is a banger and it has no track-skips. o  4.25 = Excellent (foodsicFire for some) - Has enough to be more than great, but I'm not sure if it has the potential to be fucknomenal in the near future. This album will be in constant replay for a good portion of the year and every song is listenable. o  4.00 = Solid - The album is something I'm going to listen to more than a few times and will probably stay in my rotation for the next few months. Only has a few missteps in the project. o  3.75 = Pretty Good - The album has a lot going for it. More than likely I'm going to be listening to it for the next month or so and many of the tracks I can get into. o  3.00 to 3.50 = OK to Average - The album might very well have a few stand-out tracks but that's it.  There is nothing that is going to keep my attention for more than 1 or 2 days. o  2.25 to 3.00 = Mostly Garbage – If I’m lucky, I’ll find at least one 5-star track worthy of inclusion to my “JewPac Best Of” playlists series so hopefully, my time wasn’t wasted here. o  Below 2.00 = Pure Shit. At year end, I will release my top 50 hip-hop albums & "JewPac Best Of" playlist series via 8tracks (see bio link). Lastly, you can check out my YouTube channel "foodsicTV" for music-related posts and utterly random shit. Yours Truly,  foodsic #hiphop #rap #hiphophead #undergroundhiphop #iamjewpac #foodsicRatings #albumratings #hiphoprankings #albumreviews #foodsic2016 http://ift.tt/2wMRMo6

[sittininaaw]

He Shall Go Out Free: The Lives of Denmark Vesey, “Perhaps nothing speaks more eloquently about the dehumanizing nature of Atlantic slavery than the fact that one of the most influential abolitionists in antebellum America lacks a known African birthplace, birthdate and, for approximately the first fourteen years of his life, even a name.”

Do u know about Denmark Vesey? #DanishHistory #Garveism www.theatlantic/archive/1999//denmark-vesey-forgotten-hero/

Denmark Vesey was an African man, bought to Danish slavetrades and settlers, that had colonized St.Thomas, during the West Indian slavetrade.  Later he became a freedman, who planned what would have been one of the largest slave rebellions in the United States. The African man names Denmark Vesey after his slavemaster was in life a literate, skilled carpenter and leader among African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina. He is notable as the accused and convicted ringleader of "the rising," a major potential slave revolt planned for the city in June 1822. Word of the plans was leaked, and Charleston, South Carolina authorities arrested the plot's leaders before the uprising could begin. Vesey and others were tried, convicted and executed.

Many antislavery activists came to regard Vesey as a hero. During the American Civil War, abolitionist Frederick Douglass used Vesey's name as a battle cry to rally African-American regiments, especially the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

Widespread recognition for #DenmarkVesey has been a long time coming. In 1822, in Charleston, South Carolina, Vesey masterminded what would have been the largest #slaveRevolt in American history. When an informer revealed the plans at the last minute and the revolt was nipped in the bud, Charleston authorities downplayed the story, claiming that they had "allowed" the plot to progress so as to ensure the capture of its leaders. Fearing future attempts at insurrection, Charleston slaveowners had Vesey and many of his co-conspirators put to death, and hid written records of the Vesey episode from their slaves. Vesey's legacy was, for all intents and purposes, buried and forgotten.

Now, one hundred and seventy-seven years later, we are witnessing a surge of interest in this forgotten American hero. Three books on Vesey and his plot have appeared in 1999—He Shall Go Out Free, by Douglas R. Egerton, Designs Against Charleston: The Trial Record of the Denmark Slave Conspiracy of 1822, edited by Edward A. Pearson, and Denmark Vesey, by David Robertson—and there is talk of television specials and a feature film in the works. Unknown to most people, however, is the fact that Vesey's story has been recounted for posterity before—in the pages of The Atlantic Monthly.

In the June, 1861, issue there appeared a detailed account of Vesey's planned revolt and its suppression, titled "Denmark Vesey." Its author, a frequent Atlantic contributor named Thomas Wentworth Higginson, was a Cambridge, Massachusetts, minister and a committed abolitionist. (In other issues of the magazine Higginson documented the stories of revolts by Toussaint L'Overture and Nat Turner. In 1862 he served as colonel of the first black regiment in the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers.)

In his Atlantic account Higginson described Vesey's plan (which was developed in collaboration with a slave named #PeterPoyas) as "the most elaborate insurrectionary project ever formed by American slaves.... In boldness of conception and thoroughness of organization there has been nothing to compare it with." Higginson went on:

That a conspiracy on so large a scale should have existed in embryo during four years, and in an active form for several months, and yet have been so well managed ... shows extraordinary ability in the leaders, and a talent for concerted action on the part of the slaves generally with which they have hardly been credited. Vesey was no longer a slave at the time he planned the revolt—he had purchased his own freedom several years before, so his motives were not self-serving—and Charleston's official report of the episode, as quoted by Higginson, made note of Vesey's pride and the strength of his convictions. "Even whilst walking through the streets in company with another," the report stated, "he was not idle; for if his companion bowed to a white person, he would rebuke him, and observe that all men were born equal." At the trial, the sentencing judge was plainly astonished in the face of the stoic heroism displayed by Vesey throughout his ordeal. Higginson quoted the judge addressing Vesey:

"It is difficult to imagine, what infatuation could have prompted you to attempt an enterprise so wild and visionary. You were a free man, comely, wealthy, and enjoyed every comfort compatible with your situation. You had, therefore, much to risk and little to gain." As though responding to the judge four decades after the fact, Higginson posed a rhetorical question: "Is slavery, then, a thing so intrinsically detestable, that a man thus favored will engage in a plan this desperate merely to rescue his children from it?"  

https://newrepublic.com/article/122064/remarkable-life-denmark-vesey-co-founder-emanuel-church

 https://www.amazon.com/He-Shall-Go-Out-Free/dp/0945612672/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=

[jasonjppowers]

#denmarkvesey @denmark_vesey #slaveinsurrections #1767 #1822

[peternevins-blog]

THIS. BOOK. #greatgittinupmornin #denmarkvesey