Gabriel's Conspiracy: A Documentary History
(Part of the The Carter G. Woodson Institute Series: Black Studies at Work in the World Series)
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The plans for a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in 1800, orchestrated by a literate enslaved blacksmith named Gabriel, leaked out before they could be executed, and he and twenty-five other enslaved people were hanged. In reaction to the plot, the Virginia and other legislatures passed restrictions on free blacks, as well as on the education, movement, and hiring out of the enslaved. Although Gabriel's conspiracy is well known among historians, documents relating to it have remained relatively inaccessible. In Gabriel?s Conspiracy, Philip J. Schwarz offers a valuable selection of the documents discovered to date. Together with Michael Nicholls?s complementary book, Whispers of Rebellion (Virginia), these volumes offer a complete account of the quashed slave conspiracy.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813932955
ISBN13:9780813932958
Release Date:December 2012
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 9.0" x 7.4"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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