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Feb 17, 1982 · A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion: Directed by Stan Lathan. With Mary Alice, Ned Beatty, James Bond III, Bernie Casey. Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom.
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion is a 1982 television film about Denmark Vesey, a literate skilled carpenter and former slave who planned a slave rebellion in 1822 in Charleston, South Carolina. Denmark Vesey's Rebellion was produced by WPBT and PBS, and Yaphet Kotto played Vesey.
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1h 30m. A man risks his life to free slaves in Charleston, S.C., in 1822.
A PBS film that tells the fascinating true story of Denmark Vessey, a free Black man in Charleston, S.C., who attempted to lead a Black rebellion that fails before it starts. The cast is extraordinary.
Denmark Vessey (Yaphet Kotto, in his usual greatness)– a formerly enslaved person who purchased his own freedom and later became a craftsman and preacher– risked everything to ensure other people were freed by planning a slave rebellion. The made-for-TV movie recounts his acts of immeasurable heroism brick by brick.
Synopsis. Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this failed and he and others were hanged. Set in Charleston in 1822.
