Denmark Vesey's revolt
Subtitle: the slave plot that lit a fuse to Fort Sumter
By: by John Lofton.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Vesey, Denmark, ca. 1767-1822; Slavery -- South Carolina; Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Slave Insurrection, 1822
Description: Lofton traces the history of the attempted revolt and its repercussions, including the passage of the Negro Seaman Act by the South Carolina Legislature, the first time the state usurped power from the federal government.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [274]-286.
Updated ed. of: Insurrection in South Carolina. 1964.
Includes index.