Virginia Gabriel Prosser (c. 1776 – October 10, 1800), having attained his surname from his slaveholder,[1][2][a] was an African blacksmith enslaved by the Prosser family who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia, area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt, which came to be known as “Gabriel’s Rebellion”, was leaked prior …
Nat Turner
Virginia Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an enslaved African-American preacher who organized and led the four-day rebellion of enslaved and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. The rebellion was effectively suppressed within a few days, at Belmont Plantation on the morning of August 23, but Turner survived …