DENMARK VESEY'S BIBLE: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial

A formerly enslaved man, Denmark Vesey was hanged in Charleston, South Carolina, convicted of plotting what might have been the largest insurrection against slaveholders in U.S. history. Schipper brings the trial and its aftermath vividly back to life, and shows how Vesey used the Bible to promote and justify the revolt.