Fascinating report at Raw Story: I will snip some of the best stuff - PLEASE go read it all as fair use stifles the ability to do justice to this report.
Thanks, in advance.
Denmark Vesey and five slaves were hanged in July 1822 for allegedly plotting a revolt that authorities at the time claimed would have involved thousands of slaves in Charleston and at nearby plantations.
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The slave revolt was planned for June 17, 1822 – the same day that a gunman walked into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and opened fire on a prayer service.
There were secret trials and the original 5 conspirators were hanged a few days later. Whites, of course, continued to freak out and killed about 30 more slaves. Federal troops were called in to maintain order.
There is mention of a law that was passed requiring FREE NEGROES who were sailors to be imprisoned when docking in Charleston to 'prevent further unrest'.
Many historians believe that Charleston’s mayor, James Hamilton Jr., and other officials exaggerated the scale of the rebellion to end what he believed to be softer, paternalistic treatment of slaves.
"Black Christianity" was also blamed and the Church was burned down and outlawed. It was not rebuilt until the 1890s.
Check this out:
Charleston asked the state to set up an armed force to protect white residents from its majority black population, and the state built the South Carolina State Arsenal – which eventually came to be known as The Citadel.
I never cease to be amazed at the utter depths of the racist foundations of this supposedly free country.
And then, of course we retutn to the massacre there today, on the Anniversary of all this with the killer exclaiming:
‘You rape our women and you’re taking over our country — and you have to go’
That clears up the issue of domestic terrorism to me: It's a gold-plated example.