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Denmark Vesey was born, raised, and enslaved in St. Thomas (Danish West Indies). As a boy, he was purchased and sold several times before ending up in Charleston, South Carolina, the domestic property of a captain named Joseph Vesey. At age thirty-two, he won a lottery and bought his freedom for six-hundred dollars. Afterward, he …
The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture was awarded $100,000 from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation’s new “Broadening Narratives” grant. Broadening Narratives is a groundbreaking collections initiative that illuminates underrepresented stories. The foundation awarded a total of $579,000 to 10 organizations in Chicago and the South Carolina Lowcountry, including Coastal Carolina University’s Joyner Institute for …
