Limishanguzo kanye nokuvukela kwezigqila ezimnyama akunakwa ngumlando wanamuhla. Kodwa-ke, kunezibonelo eziningi zabantu ababeke phansi amandla obugqila. Isibonelo seDenmark Vensey sithatha indawo ekhetheke kakhulu kulokhu.
Imininingwane ephathelene nokuzalwa kweDenmark ayicaci futhi yonke isuselwa ekuqageleni. Abanye kungenzeka ukuthi babecabanga ukuthi udabuka eSt Thomas (Virgin Islands) kanti abanye bathi angavela eMandingo noma eGhana (Coromante noma Coromantine ngaleso sikhathi). Ngakolunye uhlangothi, siyazi ukuthi wayehlala isikhashana eHaiti, ngaphambi kokuba ehle eCharleston, eSouth Carolina, lapho eseyingane. Ngo-1799, iDenmark Vesey ngabe yawina isamba esingu- $ 1500 emdlalweni wokugembula, ngakho-ke yayingayisebenzisa inkululeko yayo. Lapho esekhululekile, wazinza njengombazi, kwathi ngo-1817 wakha igatsha leSonto Lama-African Methodist Episcopal elidumile. Lesi sakamuva sabhujiswa ngabanikazi abamhlophe okokuqala ngqa ngo-1818, kwabe sekucaca ngo-1820. Ethukuthele kakhulu ngalokhu kungabi nabulungisa, uDenmark Vesey, ekhuthazwe ngumoya wezinguquko kanye nezehlakalo zenguquko yaseHaiti yango-1791, bekufanele zenzeke ngosuku olungokomfanekiso ngokuhlasela kweBastille (Julayi 14) ngonyaka ka-1822. Lezi zindaba zasakazeka ngokushesha ezinkulungwaneni zezigqila ezazizimisele ngokuhola uguquko. Inkambo yokusebenza yayiqukethe uchungechunge lokubulawa kwabanikazi bezigqila bakaCharleston, ukukhululwa kwezigqila, ukuthatha idolobha, futhi ekugcineni, ukubuyela eHaiti (uma kwenzeka ukucindezelwa okukhulu). Izigqila ezimbili eziphikisana nezinhlelo zikaVesey zamlahla; waboshwa kanye nabanye abaguquli abangu-131 ngezizathu zokwakha uzungu ngokumelene nombuso. Abesilisa abangama-67 batholwa benecala, abangu-35 balengiswa khona manjalo, kuhlanganisa iDenmark Vesey.