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About David M. Robertson
See more books from this AuthorA fascinating historical detective story about an abortive 1822 slave insurrection in Charleston, S.C. Little survives in the historical record about Denmark Vesey, the free black who masterminded what could have been the most devastating uprising in American history.
May 20 2010 | Read Full Review of Denmark Vesey: The Buried His...Much is already known about Denmark Vesey, who purchased his freedom from slavery in 1800 with money he won in a lottery. Yet his apparently sudden transformation from successful free black carpenter
Aug 02 1999 | Read Full Review of Denmark Vesey: The Buried His...Drawing on the correspondence and memoirs of whites and their descendants--but not of blacks--Robertson addresses his central question: ""Why were individual freedom and prosperity not enough for Denmark Vesey?"" The author's answer, which links Vesey's dissatisfaction (and that of the thousands ...
| Read Full Review of Denmark Vesey: The Buried His...It is the story of a young slave well-regarded by his master, schooled in French and English, who by a stroke of luck--he won $1,500 in a lottery--purchased his freedom, lived respectably for years as a free man in Charleston and conceived of the idea of gathering 9,000 slaves into an avenging ar...
Sep 23 1999 | Read Full Review of Denmark Vesey: The Buried His...An aggregated and normalized score based on 14 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes