Gullah (Jack) Pritchard

Born [date unknown] in Angola

Died 12 Jul 1822 in South Carolina

Biography

Gullah (Jack) Pritchard is a part of US Black heritage.

Gullah Jack was own by Paul Pritchard in 1822.

Gullah Jack is also known as Couter Jack was captured in or near Angola Africa. He was sold as a slave and placed on a ship in Zanzibar or near today's Tanzania. This ship was under the direction of Zephaniah Kingsley's to sail to America. Kingsley had a plantation in east Florida, and this is where Gullah Jack was taken to work.

In 1812 the Kingsley Plantation was raided by the Seminole tribe. Cullah Jack seen this to be a good time to escape. Gullah Jack made his escape to Charleston, South Carolina. His freedom lasted until 1821 when he was purchased by Paul Pritchard.

Paul Pritchard was a shipbuilder, he sent Gullah Jack to work on his boat docks. Gullah Jack met a lot of other African slaves. This is where he met a wealthy free man by the name of Denmark Vesey. This was around 1817. Denmark Vesey and Gullah Jack held a lot of influence in the African community. Gullah Jack was viewed as a very skilled laborer and conjurer.

Gullah Jack and Denmark Vesey (a free person of color) were accused of plotting a slave revolt in July 1822 in Charleston, South Carolina. The plot was found out and went to trial in the courts. Gullah Jack and Denmark Vesey were found guilty and sentenced to hang.

The Trial Of Gullah Jack Pritchard ^[1] https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbcmisc.lst0101/?sp=3&st=gallery

A-List of People the Court Sentenced to Hang

Gullah Pritchard Image 8

Gullah Jack Pritchard passed away on July 12, 1822, in Charleston, South Carolina.

See Also

• An account of the late intended insurrection among a portion of the blacks of the city of Charleston, South Carolina. https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbcmisc.lst0102/?sp=24&st=text ^[2]

• "Gullah" Jack Pritchard ^[3]

• The Denmark Vesey Rebellion, Posted on June 19, 2015, by markjonesbooks, The Plot ^[4]

• The Denmark Vesey slave revolt... Item # 573184, JULY 13, 1822, NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 13, 1822 , Executions of slaves^[5]

• Negro Plot. An Account of the Late Intended Insurrection among a Portion of the Blacks of the City of Charleston, South Carolina: Electronic Edition. Hamilton, James, 1786-1857 page 25 ^[6]

JOURNAL ARTICLE

• "I Will Gather All Nations": Resistance, Culture, and Pan-African Collaboration in Denmark Vesey's South Carolina page 135 ^[7]

• Conjure, Magic, and Power: The Influence of Afro-Atlantic Religious Practices on Slave Resistance and Rebellion ^{[8] [9]}

Sources

1. ↑ Vesey, Denmark, Approximately, Lionel Henry Kennedy, and Thomas Parker. An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, charged with an attempt to raise an insurrection in the state of South-Carolina: preceded by an introduction and narrative: and, in an appendix, a report of the trials of four white persons on indictments for attempting to excite the slaves to insurrection. Charleston: James R. Schenck, 1822. Pdf.
2. ↑ Israel Thorndike Pamphlet Collection. Negro plot: an account of the late intended insurrection among a portion of the blacks of the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Boston: Printed and published by J.W. Ingraham, 1822. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/97110190/.
3. ↑ https://historybizarre.tumblr.com/post/636773005017694208/gullah-jack-pritchard
4. ↑ https://markjonesbooks.com/2015/06/19/the-denmark-vesey-rebellion-2/
5. ↑ https://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/573184?imagelist=1#full-images
6. ↑ https://docsouth.unc.edu/church/hamilton/hamilton.html
7. ↑ https://www-jstor-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/stable/1350161?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=%22Gullah+Jack+Pritchard%22&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3D%2522Gullah%2BJack%2BPritchard%2522&ab_segments=0%2FSYC-5971%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A63b6601336abf8b1d4a329dc75ef4d26&seq=4#metadata_info_tab_contents
8. ↑ Rucker, Walter. “Conjure, Magic, and Power: The Influence of Afro-Atlantic Religious Practices on Slave Resistance and Rebellion.” Journal of Black Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2001, pp. 84–103. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2668016. Accessed 30 Aug. 2021. https://www-jstor-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/stable/2668016?seq=9#metadata_info_tab_contents
9. ↑ https://www-jstor-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/stable/2668016?seq=9#metadata_info_tab_contents