Gullah Jack

Gullah Jack

Gullah Jack (died July 12, 1822), also known as Couter Jack and sometimes referred to as "Gullah" Jack Pritchard, was a Methodist, an African conjurer, and a slave to Paul Pritchard in Charleston, South Carolina. Gullah Jack is historically known for aiding a free black man named Denmark Vesey in planning a large slave rebellion that would become known as Denmark Vesey's slave conspiracy in 1822. Using his Africa-based influence, Gullah Jack recruited for Vesey's plot African-born slaves as soldiers and provided them with charms as protection against the "buckra" (whites). He is also said to have used his spiritual powers to terrify others into keeping silent about the conspiracy. Historians believe Jack's strong African culture, contrasted against Vesey's preaching, helped attract many of the slaves that joined the revolt.

The Vesey plot involved taking over the state armory to arm rural slaves who would rise up and assist the others in revolt. The slaves would then kill the whites of Charleston, take the city, and finally use the city's ships to escape, supposedly, to Haiti, where slaves had overthrown the white government and now ruled. Eventually, the Vesey plot was leaked by other slaves that were coerced to confession. Consequently, South Carolina authorities hanged Vesey, Gullah Jack, and 34 other leading conspirators.

References

* [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ESPYstate.pdf Executions in the U.S. 1608-1987: The Espy File (by state)] (PDF)
* Murrin, John M. & Johnson, Paul E. & McPherson, James M. & Gerstle, Gary & Rosenberg, Emily S. & Rosenberg, Norman L. (2002). "Liberty Equality Power: A History of the American People Volume I: To 1877" (3rd ed.). Wadsworth: Thomson Learning. ISBN 0-15-505080-X.
* [http://www.nathanielturner.com/introductiontodenmarkvesey.htm Starobin, Robert S. "Terror in South Carolina 1822: An Introduction to Denmark Vesey & the Slave Conspiracy in Charleston". "ChickenBones: A Journal", 5 October 2007.]
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h497t.html WGBH, "Sentence of Gullah Jack", Africans in America: part 3, PBS Online, 1998.]


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