Biography
Peter Poyas was a mechanic and a leader associated with the alleged planned 1822 Charleston slave insurrection. Otto Hall’s retrospective article identifies him as Denmark Vesey’s chief lieutenant and describes his refusal to confess or implicate others before his execution. Recruitment totals and quotations are the article’s attributed historical account. That retrospective does not supply exact individual dates or a complete custody duration. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1934/v10n02-feb-1934-lab-def.pdf#page=13
The execution calendar in the contemporary official report of the Charleston trials lists Peter, identified with James Poyas, among the first group hanged near Charleston on July 2, 1822. The Library of Congress provides an accessible transcription of this report. Source: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/rbc/rbcmisc/lst/lst0101/lst0101.pdf
The execution calendar in the contemporary official report of the Charleston trials lists Peter, identified with James Poyas, among the first group hanged near Charleston on July 2, 1822. The Library of Congress provides an accessible transcription of this report.