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Events on Tuesday 2 July 1822 1
1822Denmark Vesey slave revolt conspiracy uncoveredPlanned uprising in Charleston exposed before it could beginAuthorities in Charleston, South Carolina, uncovered a planned slave revolt organized by the free Black carpenter Denmark Vesey. Dozens of accused conspirators were tried, and Vesey was hanged along with many others. The affair led to harsher slave codes across the American South.