Jeremy Schipper, "Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial" (Princeton UP, 2022)
In\xa0Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt that Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial\xa0(Princeton UP, 2022),\xa0Dr. Jeremy Schipper tells the\xa0story of a free Black man accused of plotting an anti-slavery insurrection in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1822. Vesey was found guilty and hanged along with dozens of\xa0others accused of collaborating with him.\nAt the center of the book is an examination of how former slave Denmark Vesey used interpretations of the Bible to justify the revolt while members of the white establishment in South Carolina use that\xa0same Bible to support the\xa0slaveholders view of themselves as benevolent biblical patriarchs.\xa0\nThe book is a riveting account of a key moment in\xa0antebellum American history that underscores deep racial inequities and the assumed supremacy of white Christians during a time of violence, fear, and conflicting understandings of moral superiority and biblical truth.\nRecommended reading:\xa0\nThe Denmark Vesey Affair: A Documentary History\xa0edited by\xa0Douglas R. Egerton and Robert L. Paquette\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law