1822

 

July 2: In Charleston, South Carolina, a slave named Denmark Vesey has done his best to foment a revolt. 

On this day, he and five others are hanged. 

At trial, however, Vesey has said that he was wiling to die in the fight for the liberty of his own people, like ___.

 

NOTE TO TEACHERS:  It always worked to ask classes who they thought Vesey would have compared himself to. Answer: George Washington.

Charleston, South Carolina home.