Gabriel Prosser (1776 – October 10, 1800) born into #slavery at Brookfield, a tobacco plantation in Henrico County, Virginia, was a enslaved blacksmith who planned the largest slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800. Gabriel had two brothers, Solomon and Martin. They were all held by Thomas Prosser, the owner. As […]

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