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Several citizens preparing the slave uprising were arrested in the United States

202
years ago

18 June 1822,

Denmark Vesey and other citizens preparing the slave uprising were arrested in South Carolina, United States. Denmark Vesey was not a slave, he was a free citizen. In the city of Charleston, thousands of black citizens already involved in the manufacture of weapons accused him of wanting to set the city on fire and starting a slave revolt.

At that time it was the sixth largest city in the United States. Someone reported them and the authorities hanged 35 people.

Source:

Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States.

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