Title: Denmark Vesey's revolt
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.
Subjects: History, Slavery, Charleston (s.c.), history, slave insurrection, 1822, Vesey, denmark, approximately 1767-1823, Slave rebellions, united states
Places: Charleston (S.C.), South Carolina
People: Denmark Vesey (ca. 1767-1822)
Time periods: Slave Insurrection, 1822