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Gabriel's Rebellion was a planned slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia, area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt was leaked before its execution, and Gabriel, an enslaved blacksmith who planned the event, and twenty-five of his followers were hanged.
Gabriel was an American bondsman who planned the first major slave rebellion in U.S. history (Aug. 30, 1800). His abortive revolt greatly increased the whites’ fear of the slave population throughout the South. The son of an African-born mother, Gabriel grew up as the slave of Thomas H. Prosser.
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Feb 12, 2007 · Gabriel, who often for the sake of convenience is mistakenly referred to as Prosser, was the leader of an unsuccessful slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia in 1800. Born into slavery around 1775, Gabriel was the chattel of Thomas H. Prosser of Henrico County, Virginia.
Feb 7, 2023 · A planned slave revolt led by a blacksmith named Gabriel (owned by Thomas Prosser, of Henrico County) is thwarted when a huge storm delays the meeting of the conspirators and a few nervous slaves reveal the plot to their masters.
Instead, Gabriel's slave conspiracy ended in severe repression. While no whites were killed in the revolt that never really got started, the state of Virginia executed 27 blacks, including Gabriel, by public hanging.
Gabriel (1776-1800): An educated blacksmith slave, Gabriel led Virginia's largest slave rebellion in August 1800. Touring the countryside, he roused hundreds of slaves to join an invasion of Richmond, but was defeated by a heavy rainstorm that made roads impassible and by slaves who informed their masters of his plans.
Dec 9, 2021 · By Morgan Dunn | Edited By Adam Farley. Published December 9, 2021. In 1800, Gabriel Prosser recruited 2,000 people for Gabriel's Rebellion in Virginia, which was set to be the first large-scale slave revolt after the American Revolution. Public domain Gabriel Prosser (1776-1800) struck fear into slave-holding Virginian society when he ...
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