Tuesday, July 11, 2006

FREEDOM FIGHTER OR VICTIM OF PLOT?
"Scholars regard Denmark Vessey as a precursor both to the Civil War and the civil rights movement, but he is among the most divisive Southern figures. In Charleston, S.C., many blacks exalt him as a freedom fighter, while some whites condemn him as a terrorist."
(ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION)

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