Gabriel's rebellion
Subtitle: the Virginia slave conspiracies of 1800 and 1802
By: Douglas R. Egerton.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Prosser, Gabriel, ca. 1775-1800; Slave insurrections -- Virginia; Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865
Description: "Illuminates the complex motivations that underlay two related Virginia slave revolts: the first in 1800 by the slave known as Gabriel; and the second, called the "Easter Plot," instigated in 1802 by one of his followers."--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-252) and index.