Project Gutenberg 2019-09-24 Public domain in the USA. 137 Charleston (S.C.) City of Charleston (S.C.) Hamilton, James, Jr. 1786 1857 Hamilton, James An Account of the Late Intended Insurrection among a Portion of the Blacks of this City Produced by Richard Tonsing, hekula03, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "An Account of the Late Intended Insurrection among a Portion of the Blacks of this City" is a historical account published in the early 19th century. It chronicles the events surrounding a planned slave insurrection in Charleston, detailing the investigations, trials, and outcomes following the plot. The narrative provides insights into the motivations behind the insurrection, the responses from city officials, and the legal and social ramifications of the uprising. The opening of the text begins with a notification from the city council, requesting an account of an attempted insurrection sparked by rumors of a revolt among enslaved people in Charleston. The dialogue presents an exchange between a slave and his master about a frightening conversation overheard at the market, leading to the rapid involvement of local authorities. As the narrative progresses, it touches on the preparations for the uprising, the identification of key conspirators, and the initial arrests. Through testimonies and confessions gathered in the subsequent investigations, a complex picture of the insurrection emerges, illustrating the tensions of the time and the attempts to maintain social order amidst fear and unrest. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en African Americans -- South Carolina Slavery -- South Carolina Slave insurrections -- United States Vesey, Denmark, approximately 1767-1822 Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Slave Insurrection, 1822 F206 Text Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Law & Criminology 178063 2025-06-24T06:18:29.980476 text/html 154205 2024-10-17T13:58:28 text/html 116021 2025-06-24T06:18:35.034452 application/epub+zip 114917 2025-06-24T06:18:31.263494 application/epub+zip 114918 2025-06-24T06:18:30.618478 application/epub+zip 178523 2025-06-24T06:18:38.012500 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162350 2025-06-24T06:18:34.445461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162528 2022-09-27T09:06:14.123005 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152527 2025-06-24T06:18:29.311468 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132426 2024-10-17T13:58:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18239 2025-06-24T06:18:38.171433 application/rdf+xml 10315 2025-06-24T06:18:30.709481 image/jpeg 1790 2025-06-24T06:18:30.663466 image/jpeg 100185 2025-06-24T06:18:30.000487 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia