A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

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Release Date	1982-02-17
Runtime	90 minutes
Genres
Stars	Yaphet Kotto, Ned Beatty, Antonio Fargas, Cleavon Little, Donald Moffat
Directors	Stan Lathan, William Hauptman, Yanna Kroyt Brandt, Shep Morgan, Larry Pizer

Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this failed and he and others were hanged. Set in Charleston in 1822.