Vesey


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United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822)

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Vesey as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Utility.
A report from witnesses at the scene said: "A man broke into Bishop Vesey's School and threatened a member of staff, with the school being put into lockdown.
The first year that the family settled in the county saw both Liz and Vesey take seats on local District and County councils then in 1974, Liz stood for Parliament in Wolverhampton South East and the following year, joined the board of Telford Development Corporation where she served for 17 years, including three as deputy chairman, until it wound up.
Liz also served as our President of Wellington Cricket Club for 18 years, following the death of her husband Vesey in 2001.
The Vesey neighbourhood team said: "After a short chase across Four Oaks, and hours spent monitoring the ram we finally managed to catch him in a resident's garden.
Vesey lost control of the stolen VW Golf as he tried to get off the busy motorway via the slip road at Junction 24.
JLL has completed a new transaction for Syneos Health at 200 Vesey Street in Lower Manhattan.
Critique: An impressive and skillfully crafted novel by an author with an equally impressive flair for originality and narrative driven storytelling, Eugene Vesey's "Ghosters" is an inherently compelling read from beginning to end.
Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy.
The married historians' book Denmark Vesey's Garden is a remarkable exploration of the radically different memories of antebellum Charleston that coexisted for 100 years.
Not until two hundred pages into her narrative does the author reach "the second wave," and then not with Garrison but rather with former slave Denmark Vesey and North Carolina-born David Walker, who most likely knew Vesey from his Charleston days.
NEW YORK -- The NHL has suspended Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg for three games for a late hit on Rangers forward Jimmy Vesey. The NHL announced the punishment on Sunday.
His Bishop Vesey's teammate Oli Wem underwent extensive rehab after breaking a leg in October, and played his first game after the injury in the final Midlands trial three months later, while Solihull School's Will Cutbill was selected by his country after only converting to prop from the back row 18 months ago.