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Vesey

[ vee-zee ]

noun

  1. Denmark, 1767–1822, Black freedman, born probably on St. Thomas, Danish West Indies: hanged as alleged leader of a planned uprising among enslaved Black people in Charleston, S.C.


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Lydia Vesey cried again, as if she could not possibly crowd her interest under, and this time she had reënforcements from without.

Mrs. Vesey had been the first to say the girl was awfully original, but that became the general view.

The third diner was a young actor with a low, veiled voice—Gerald Vesey—who adored and understood Feather's clothes.

A formidable insurrection was attempted in 1822 by Denmark Vesey.

Now they were entering the narrow passage that opened into Vesey Street.

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