USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Named after an enslaved blacksmith who emerged as the most significant leader of the plot, Gabriel’s Conspiracy originated during the spring and summer of 1800 in a Henrico County neighborhood north of Richmond and extended primarily across Hanover County into Caroline County and south toward Petersburg.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gabriel’s Rebellion-Henrico County, Virginia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gabriel’s Rebellion was a planned 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 to its execution, and Gabriel, a blacksmith who planned the event, and twenty-five followers were hanged.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gabriel, also called Gabriel Prosser, (born c. 1775, near Richmond, Va. [U.S.]-died September 1800, Richmond), American bondsman who planned the first major slave rebellion in U.S. history (Aug. 30, 1800).

Detailed explanation-5: -His objectives were to overtake the capital and convince Governor James Monroe to support more political, social, and economic equality between members of society. Gabriel targeted area slaves, white artisans, freemen, religious supporters and French sympathizers as recruits for his revolution.