{"product_id":"the-denmark-vesey-affair-a-documentary-history-paperback","title":"The Denmark Vesey Affair: A Documentary History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas R. Egerton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert L. Paquette\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA vast collection of documents that illuminate one of the most\u003cbr\u003esophisticated acts of collective slave resistance in the history of the U.S.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003e1822, thirty-four slaves and their leader, a free black man named Denmark\u003cbr\u003eVesey, were tried and executed for \"attempting to raise an\u003cbr\u003einsurrection\" in Charleston, South Carolina. In \u003cem\u003eThe Denmark Vesey Affair\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eDouglas Egerton and Robert Paquette annotate and interpret a vast collection of\u003cbr\u003econtemporary documents that illuminate and contextualize this complicated saga, \u003cbr\u003eproviding the definitive account of a landmark event that played a role in the\u003cbr\u003enation's path to Civil War. The editors ultimately argue that the Vesey plot\u003cbr\u003ewas one of the most sophisticated acts of collective slave resistance in the\u003cbr\u003ehistory of the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall\u003cbr\u003eM. Miller \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining\u003cbr\u003ethe Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National\u003cbr\u003eEndowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas R. Egerton\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of history at Le Moyne College, is the author of \u003ci\u003eDeath or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eRobert L. Paquette\u003c\/b\u003e, executive director of The Alexander Hamilton Institute in Clinton, New York, is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Slavery in the Americas.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 860\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.97 x 10 x 6.93 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53239508304179,"sku":"9780813068992","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VmxLdGFSTE92dy9MbjRPeVdENXhZUT09.webp?v=1776156617","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-denmark-vesey-affair-a-documentary-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}