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CONFESSION OF JOHN ENSLOW.
Monday Gell led me in it and took me to Vesey’s; there was a large meeting; Vesey told the meeting the people was to rise up and fight the white people for their liberty; we always went to Monday’s house afterwards; Monday did all the writing; I heard they were trying all round the country to Georgetown, Santee, and round to Combahee, &c. about to get people; Peter was also there, he was one; Peter named Poyas’ plantation, where he went to meet; Bellisle Yates I have seen at the meetings, and Adam Yates, Naphur Yates, Dean Mitchell, Cæsar Smith and George (a Stevedore.) At Vesey’s they wanted to make a collection to make pikes for the country people, but the men had no money! Monday Gell said Purcell was one to get horses to send men into the country; I heard a blacksmith was to make pikes. Jack M’Neil is engaged; I have seen them all at Monday’s; Jack said he was one and would try to get men; the plan was to take the Arsenals and Guard Houses for arms, and not to fire the town unless they failed; Monday was writing a letter to St. Domingo, to go by a vessel lying at Gibb’s and Harper’s wharf; the letter was about the sufferings of the blacks, and to know if the people of St. Domingo would help them if they made an effort to free themselves; he was writing this letter in March, I am not certain of the time; Perault was present when Monday wrote the letter, and also a painter, named Prince Righton; I have seen Pompey Haig at Monday’s, but he neither assented or dissented; Jerry Cohen was at Vesey’s, and said to me he was one; I heard from Vesey and Monday that they had engaged men from the country; Peter Poyas said he had sent into the country to his brother to engage men, who would send him an answer; a party was to attack the Guard-House and Arsenal; another the Arsenal on the Neck; another the Naval Stores on Mey’s wharf; another to attack the Magazine; another to meet at Lightwood’s Alley and then try to cut off the companies from meeting at their places of rendezvous; I belong to the African Congregation; on Saturday the 15th June, a man was to be sent into the country to bring down the people, and Rolla was to command the country people from Ashley River at the Bridge; Ned Bennett and John Horry to meet at Mr. Horry’s corner, and Batteau to come down with Vesey’s party.
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CLASS No. 1.
Comprises those prisoners who were found guilty and executed.
| Prisoners Names. | Owners’ Names. | Time of Commit. | How Disposed of. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | James Poyas | June 18 | Hanged on Tuesday the 2d July, 1822, on Blake’s lands, near Charleston. |
| Ned | Gov. T. Bennett, | do. | |
| Rolla | do. | do. | |
| Batteau | do. | do. | |
| Denmark Vesey | A free black man | 22 | |
| Jessy | Thos. Blackwood | 23 | |
| John | Elias Horry | July 5 | Do. on the Lines near Ch.; Friday July 12. |
| Gullah Jack | Paul Pritchard | do. | |
| Mingo | Wm. Harth | June 21 | Hanged on the Lines near Charleston, on Friday, 26th July. |
| Lot | Forrester | 27 | |
| Joe | P. L. Jore | July 6 | |
| Julius | Thos. Forrest | 8 | |
| Tom | Mrs. Russell | 10 | |
| Smart | Robt. Anderson | do. | |
| John | John Robertson | 11 | |
| Robert | do. | do. | |
| Adam | do. | do. | |
| Polydore | Mrs. Faber | do. | |
| Bacchus | Benj. Hammet | do. | |
| Dick | Wm. Sims | 13 | |
| Pharaoh | — Thompson | do. | |
| Jemmy | Mrs. Clement | 18 | |
| Mauidore | Mordecai Cohen | 19 | |
| Dean | — Mitchell | do. | |
| Jack | Mrs. Purcell | 12 | |
| Bellisle | Est. of Jos. Yates | 18 | |
| Naphur | do. | do. | |
| Adam | do. | do. | |
| Jacob | John S. Glen | 16 | |
| Charles | John Billings | 18 | |
| Jack | N. McNeill | 22 | Do. Tues. July 30. |
| Cæsar | Miss Smith | do. | |
| Jacob Stagg | Jacob Lankester | 23 | |
| Tom | Wm. M. Scott | 24 | |
| William | Mrs. Garner | Aug. 2 | Do. Friday, Aug. 9. |
CLASS No. 2.
Comprises those prisoners who were found guilty and sentenced to death, but recommended to the mercy of the Executive, by the Court of Magistrates and Freeholders.
☞ They have been respited to the 25 day of October, 1822, with a view to the commutation of their punishment to banishment beyond the limits of the United States.