Gabriel Prosser (ca. 1775-1800) was the African American slave leader of an unsuccessful revolt in Richmond, Va., during the summer of 1800. Gabriel Prosser, the slave of Thomas H. Prosser, was about 25 years old when he came to the attention of...

United States 1800 Gabriel, a slave born on a plantation near Richmond, was a blacksmith who could read and write. Inspired by an earlier successful rebellion on Haiti, he masterminded the first U.S. slave rebellion in 1800. Using the communication...

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Gabriel Prosser, who was hanged for leading a failed slave revolt in 1800, has won a symbolic gubernatorial pardon.Prosser and 34 supporters were executed in Richmond on Aug. 30, 1800, after two slaves revealed the planned uprising in Richmond, known as Gabriel's Rebellion.In an informal...

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