PSYC 4030 Chapter : 10 30 13 Corrected Slide
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Opposition to slavery 1800-1833: denmark vesey insurrection, free carpenter in charleston, sc, vesey wants to attach his revolution to the french revolution and change the social system in america. Slaves rise up. vesey is a methodist that teaches at the hampstead. Jack and vesey meet at the hampstead church. Jack is from east africa which is strange cause most slaves are from west africa. Jack casts spells and charms to protect africans. Jack distributes craft balls which is held in slaves mouth to protect them from bullets: ammunition, poison, & conquest of charleston. Informants, june 14th, and failure: moves the war up a month. On the 14th, a house servant gives away the plan: aftermath, 131 arrests, 71 convictions, 35 executions, 35 executions including gullah and vesey are hanged, 4 white men(3 foreign) are imprisoned, destroy hampstead church. Other black churches are supervised by white people to avoid problems like this. Slaves are banned from learning how to read.
