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H 101 - Lab Exercise: The Denmark Vesey Insurrection (1822)

The Trial of Prince Graham, a free black man.

Verdict:

The Court found Prince Graham guilty, and passed upon him the following sentence: That he be imprisoned in the Work House of Charleston for one month, and then be transported by sea out of the State of South Carolina, by the first opportunity, into which he is not to return under penalty of death.

The prisoner at his own request, was transported to Africa on board of a vessel which sailed from Charleston.

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