A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982)
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.
- Released
- 1982-02-17
- Genres
- History, Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Stan Lathan
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Yaphet Kotto as Denmark Vessey
- Ned Beatty as Benjamin Hammett
- Antonio Fargas as Gullah Jack
- Cleavon Little as Rolla
- Donald Moffat as Captain Vesey
- Brock Peters as Morris Brown
- James Bond III as Young Denmark
- Rosalind Cash as Petronia
- David Harris as Sandy Vessey
- Mary Alice as Beck
- Cyrus Newitt as William Johnson
- Roger Robinson as George Wilson