CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – A former slave’s attempt to lead a rebellion in Charleston during the summer of 1822 would forever alter life in the Lowcountry, even though the uprising never occurred.
Denmark Vesey’s name was so taboo that history experts today don’t know for certain how his last name is pronounced, and no records exist of what he looked like. But his impact on Charleston was undeniable.
“His name was whispered. It was a different narrative. Denmark Vesey. As I’m growing up, I’m being told he was a terrorist,” Mother Emanuel AME Church historian Lee J. Bennett said…