Historian Douglas Egerton troubled by date of Charleston Shooting

One of the founders of Mother Emanuel is Denmark Vesey, who plotted a slave rebellion, partly out of the church, in 1822. The plot was foiled, but the armed revolution of black people in Charleston would have happened on June 17, 1822.

“The original plan for Denmark Vesey’s uprising is July 14, Bastille Day,” historian Douglas Egerton told The Atlantic. “It is moved back to midnight on June 16. They plan to free the slaves, and fight their way down to the docks, meaning the fighting will be on June 17. Historians don’t like coincidences. Either it’s a terrible coincidence, or he knows this history. The fact that June 17 would have been the day of the fighting is troubling.”

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