Mother Emanuel AME Church - Charleston South Carolina - Steeped in History

This Mother Emanuel AME Church has a very long and rich history in the African American liberation movement. Denmark Vesey, one of the most celebrated leaders of African American slave rebellions, was a founder and member of this church. After the 1822 rebellion led by Denmark Vesey, whose plan was to defeat the slave system and establish a black republic in South Carolina (defending it militarily with the aid of troops from the newly independent former slave nation of Haiti), the MotherRead more... To read more on this topicclick here