testimony given against him, and received his sentence, with the utmost
firmness and composure. But no description can accurately convey to
others the impression which the trial, defence, and appearance of Gullah
Jack made on those who witnessed the workings of his cunning and rude
address. When arrested and brought before the court, in company with
another African named Jack, the property of the estate of Pritchard, he
assumed so much ignorance, and looked and acted the fool so well, that
some of the court could not believe that this was the necromancer who was
sought after. This conduct he continued when on his trial, until he saw
the witnesses and heard the testimony as it progressed against him; when,
in an instant, his countenance was lighted up as if by lightning, and his
wildness and vehemence of gesture, and the malignant glance with which he
eyed the witnesses who appeared against him, all indicated the savage,
who indeed had been _caught_, but not _tamed_. His courage, however, soon
forsook him. When he received sentence of death, he earnestly implored
that a fortnight longer might be allowed him, and then a week longer,
which he continued earnestly to solicit until he was taken from the
court-room to his cell; and when he was carried to execution, he gave up
his spirit without firmness or composure."

Not so with Denmark Vesey. The plans of years were frustrated; his own
life and liberty were thrown away; many others were sacrificed through
his leadership; and one more was added to the list of unsuccessful
insurrections. All these disastrous certainties he faced calmly, and gave
his whole mind composedly to the conducting of his defence. With his arms
tightly folded, and his eyes fixed on the floor, he attentively followed
every item of the testimony. He heard the witnesses examined by the
court, and cross-examined by his own counsel; and it is evident from the
narrative of the presiding judge, that he showed no small skill and
policy in the searching cross-examination which he then applied. The