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Denmark Vesey is honored. His slave revolt was thwarted and he was executed

Statue of Denmark Vesey at Hampton Park in Charleston, S.C. Formerly enslaved, Vesey bought his freedom with money he was allowed to earn and winnings from a lottery ticket, and he planned an insurrection to kill slaveholders and free Black people on July 14, 1822. (Victoria Hansen/ SC Public Radio)
Statue of Denmark Vesey at Hampton Park in Charleston, S.C. Formerly enslaved, Vesey bought his freedom with money he was allowed to earn and winnings from a lottery ticket, and he planned an insurrection to kill slaveholders and free Black people on July 14, 1822. (Victoria Hansen/ SC Public Radio)

This article was originally published on July 19, 2022.

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