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100 1 _aCharleston
_q(S.C.)
245 1 3 _aAn Account of the Late Intended Insurrection among a Portion of the Blacks of this City
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2019-09-24
508 _aProduced by Richard Tonsing, hekula03, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"An Account of the Late Intended Insurrection among a Portion of the Blacks of this City" is a historical account published in the early 19th century. It chronicles the events surrounding a planned slave insurrection in Charleston, detailing the investigations, trials, and outcomes following the plot. The narrative provides insights into the motivations behind the insurrection, the responses from city officials, and the legal and social ramifications of the uprising. The opening of the text begins with a notification from the city council, requesting an account of an attempted insurrection sparked by rumors of a revolt among enslaved people in Charleston. The dialogue presents an exchange between a slave and his master about a frightening conversation overheard at the market, leading to the rapid involvement of local authorities. As the narrative progresses, it touches on the preparations for the uprising, the identification of key conspirators, and the initial arrests. Through testimonies and confessions gathered in the subsequent investigations, a complex picture of the insurrection emerges, illustrating the tensions of the time and the attempts to maintain social order amidst fear and unrest. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAfrican Americans -- South Carolina
653 _aSlavery -- South Carolina
653 _aSlave insurrections -- United States
653 _aVesey, Denmark, approximately 1767-1822
653 _aCharleston (S.C.) -- History -- Slave Insurrection, 1822
700 1 _aHamilton, James, Jr.,
_d1786-1857
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60349
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