BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4098-9de0764fcc64a480f624c96339f83ee4@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260307T155805Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220912T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220912T160000 SUMMARY:Denmark Vesey Plot 200th Anniversary Forum DESCRIPTION:\nGuest Speakers:\n\n Dr. Douglas Egerton\, Professor of His tory at Le Moyne College\n Dr. Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders\, Assistant Pro fessor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder\n Dr. Jim Casey\ , Assistant Professor of African American Studies\, History\, and Englis h and \;Associate Director of the \;Center for Black Digital Res earch at Penn State\n Ms. Panashe Chigumadzi\, Zimbabwean-born journalis t\, novelist\, and Harvard doctoral candidate\n\n*Each speaker will shar e their scholarship on the life and legacy of Mr. Denmark Vesey (c. 1767 &ndash\;July 2\, 1822).\n\n&ldquo\;Born enslaved in Danish-ruled St. Tho mas (now part of the U.S. Virgin Islands)\, Vesey was subsequently broug ht to Charleston\, South Carolina. Allowed to keep portions of his earni ngs from various jobs\, he purchased his freedom after winning a lottery . He then embarked on a revolutionary path\, which led through the Phila delphia-founded African Methodist Episcopal Church\, to overthrow slaver &mdash\;a project linked to the Haitian and French revolutions. Disastro usly\, the plot was betrayed\, and Vesey and dozens of fellow revolution aries were executed. Their legacy would live on in the black liberation struggle on both sides of the Civil War.&rdquo\;\n\nTo attend virtually\ , please register for the webinar at: \;https://bit.ly/3BsVTWb\n\nTh ere will be a two-hour break beginning at noon. The event will resume at 2:00 p.m. \;\n\nRead more.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.p su.edu/event/denmark-vesey-forum/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Guest Speakers:

Dr. Douglas Egerton, Professor of History at Le Moyne Colle ge
Dr. Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, Assistant Professor of Histor y at the University of Colorado Boulder
Dr. Jim Casey, Assistan t Professor of African American Studies, History, and English and A ssociate Director of the Center for Black Digital Research at Penn State
Ms. Panashe Chigumadzi, Zimbabwean-born journalist, novel ist, and Harvard doctoral candidate

* Each speaker will share their scholarship on the life and legacy of Mr. Denmark Vesey (c. 1767–July 2, 1822).

“Born enslaved in Danish-ruled St. Thomas (now part of the U.S. Virgin Islands), Vesey was subsequently brought to Charleston, South Car olina. Allowed to keep portions of his earnings from various jobs, he pu rchased his freedom after winning a lottery. He then embarked on a revol utionary path, which led through the Philadelphia-founded African Method ist Episcopal Church, to overthrow slaver—a project linked to the Haitian and French revolutions. Disastrously, the plot was betrayed, and Vesey and dozens of fellow revolutionaries were executed. Their legacy would live on in the black liberation struggle on both sides of the Civi l War.”

To attend virtually, please regi ster for the webinar at: https://b it.ly/3BsVTWb

There will be a two-hour break beginning at noon . The event will resume at 2:00 p.m.