A bronze statue honoring Denmark Vesey, a free Black carpenter who planned a large 1822 slave uprising in Charleston before being betrayed and executed. Unveiled in 2014 after years of advocacy, it was among the first public monuments to him.
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The life-size statue stands in Hampton Park, depicting Vesey with a carpenter’s tools and a Bible, and the park is free and open daily. It marks the long struggle to publicly memorialize Black resistance to slavery in Charleston.