Researching Denmark Vesey
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 249 people with the Vesey surname? In that year Vesey was ranked number 3330 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Denmark Vesey on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Denmark Vesey and the Vesey Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Vesey Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Vesey family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 344 people with the Vesey surname in the UK? Vesey is now ranked number 3717 for popularity in the UK. |
Vesey Genealogy Databases
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Vesey Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Vesey surname in the USA? Vesey is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Denmark Vesey. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Denmark Vesey
Denmark Vesey
Denmark Vesey (also Telemaque) (1767 July 2, 1822) was a Black American leader in Charleston, South Carolina. He worked as a carpenter. In June 1822 he was accused and convicted of being the leader of "the rising," a potentially major slave revolt which was scheduled to take place in the city on July 14. He was executed on July 2.
Likely born into slavery in St. Thomas, Vesey was enslaved by Captain Joseph Vesey in Bermuda for some time before being brought to Charleston, where he gained his freedom. Vesey won a lottery and purchased his freedom around the age of 32. He had a good business and a family, but was unable to buy his first wife Beck and their children out of slavery. Vesey became active in the Second Presbyterian Church.
In 1818 he became one of the founders of an independent African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregation in the city, which became known as the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church after the Civil War. The AME Church was the first independent black denomination in the US, founded in Philadelphia two years earlier. Vesey's congregation in Charleston began with the support of white clergy in the city. It rapidly attracted 1,848 members, making it the second-largest AME congregation in the nation after Mother Bethel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1822, Vesey was alleged to be the leader of a planned slave revolt. Vesey and his followers planned to kill slaveholders in Charleston, liberate the slaves, and sail to the black republic of Haiti for refuge. By some accounts, the revolt would have involved thousands of slaves in the city as well as others who lived on plantations which were located miles away. City officials sent a militia to arrest the plot's leaders and many suspected followers on June 22 before the rising could begin, which was believed to be planned for July 14. No white people were killed or injured.
Vesey and five slaves were among the first group of men to be rapidly judged guilty by the secret proceedings of a city-appointed court and condemned to death. They were executed by hanging on July 2, 1822. Vesey was about 55 years old. In later proceedings, some 30 additional followers were executed. His son Sandy was also judged guilty of conspiracy and deported from the United States, along with many others. City authorities ordered that the church should be razed and its minister was expelled from the city.
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