Gabriel's Rebellion The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 And 1802

Name: Gabriel's Rebellion The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 And 1802
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ISBN: 9780807844229

ISBN-10: 0807844225

ISBN-13: 9780807844229

Edition: 1993

Authors: Douglas R. Egerton

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Gabriel's Rebellion tells the dramatic story of what was perhaps the most extensive slave conspiracy in the history of the American South. Douglas Egerton illuminates the complex motivations that underlay two related Virginia slave revolts: the first, in 1800, led by the slave known as Gabriel; and the second, called the 'Easter Plot,' instigated in 1802 by one of his followers. Although Gabriel has frequently been portrayed as a messianic, Samson-like figure, Egerton shows that he was a literate and highly skilled blacksmith whose primary goal was to destroy the economic hegemony of the 'merchants,' the only whites he ever identified as his enemies. According to Egerton, the social,…

Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 11/21/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Contents


Preface



Richmond 1800



The Revolutionary Storm



An Upright Man



The Year 1800



The Preparation



A Plot Discovered



Cemeteries Take What Is Given Them



A Companion Picture



Halifax 1802



Recalled to Life



The Footsteps Die Out



A Place of Asylum



The Power in That Name



Gabriel's Religion



The Frenchmen



Slaves Executed


Notes


Bibliography


Index