Denmark Vesey was a freed slave who became a carpenter. Being inspired by Exodus from the Old Testament and the Haitian revolution, he lead a revolt against the white man by setting fire to Jamestown, VA. One of his followers leaked information, and Vesey and his crew got hanged for the rebellion
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On July 14, 1822 Denmark Vesey a freed slave in Charleston, South Carolina planed a execution revolt on slave masters. The revolt was leaked out, and Denmark Vesey and others were hanged.
it was a plot created by Vesey. Slaves were going to revolt against their masters. word got out about it and it failed. Vesey and other people involved in the plot were hung