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Caribbean American Heritage Month Factoid

DENMARK-VESEY

Compiled By Jordan Bowles

News Americas, Deerfield, FL, Fri. June 28, 2019:  As we wrap up these factoid features in this Caribbean American Heritage Month 2019, did you know that Denmark Vesy, who was a slave in the U.S. Virgin Islands and St. Domingue, is credited with being the leader in Charleston, South Carolina of a planned June 1822 slave revolt to liberate the slaves and sail to the black republic of Haiti for refuge?

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