Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822 by Grimke, Archibald H.

Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530662340)

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Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822 by Grimke, Archibald H.

Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822

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Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822 by Grimke, Archibald H.

Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822

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Format: Paperback
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In "Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822," Archibald Grimke offers an account of the attempted Denmark Vesey slave revolt in Charleston, S.C. in 1822. Vesey was brought from Africa to Charleston as the personal servant of a slave trader, but purchased his freedom with lottery winnings when a young man. He stayed in Charleston after purchasing his freedom and became a successful carpenter and a trusted and respected member of the community. Grimke asserts that over time, Vesey grew increasingly embittered towards the system of slavery, and white slaveholders in particular. He was literate, and spent much of his spare time reading the Bible. In it he found many parallels between the Jews of the Old Testament and African slaves in America. Vesey came to believe that the slaves were God's chosen people, and he began to plan for the day when God would seek retribution from white slaveholders for the wrongs they inflicted upon the slaves. Grimke provides a detailed and dramatic account of the events leading up to the ill-fated insurrection masterminded by Vesey, as well as its failure and the resulting trials and executions, including that of Vesey. Brent Kinser (Plus The Confessions of Nat Turner By Nat Turner)

Author: Archibald H. Grimke
ISBN-10: 1530662346
ISBN-13: 9781530662340
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2016
Pages: 54
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.11d
By Archibald H. Grimke
By Archibald H. Grimke
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Archibald Henry Grimké (August 17, 1849 - February 25, 1930) was an American lawyer, intellectual, journalist, diplomat and community leader in the 19th and early 20th centuries. A graduate of freedmen's schools, Lincoln University and Harvard Law School, he later was appointed as American Consul to the Dominican Republic from 1894 to 1898. He was an activist for rights for blacks, working in Boston and Washington, DC. He was a national vice-president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as well as president of its Washington, DC branch.

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