" The sky flushed as they put him in the cart,
and suddenly Gabriel thought of others, the ones who were
to follow him, the ones who waited in their cells because of
his leadership, these and others, others, and still others, a
world of others who were to follow"( Gabriel's Rebellion).
Gabriel Prosser was a slave leader who in 1800 proposed a
plan to liberate slaves. Gabriel drew up a plan to free his
fellow slaves in Richmond, Virginia and the surrounding
countryside. Gabriel was a blacksmith, working in
Brookfield and in Richmond, who had learned to read and
write. He was inspired by the declarations of freedom during
the Revolutionary War. During the late spring and early
summer of 1800 he made a plan of revolt and had hundreds
of followers to back him up, including his two brothers,
Martin and Solomon. His plan called for a band of armed
slaves, mainly black and white laborers and artisans, to enter
Richmond, Virginia and burn down the business district, take......
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