A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982)
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this failed and he and others were hanged. Set in Charleston in 1822.
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Denmark Vessey
Benjamin Hammett
Gullah Jack
Rolla
Captain Vesey
Morris Brown
Young Denmark
Petronia
Sandy Vessey
Beck
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