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Gabriel, an enslaved man of Thomas Prosser's nearby Brookfield plantation, planned an insurrection against Richmond on 30 Aug. 1800. The enslaved rebels intended to kidnap Governor James Monroe and compel him to support political, social, and economic equality, but intense rains delayed the scheme. Mosby Sheppard of Meadow Farm, informed of the plot by enslaved family servants Tom and Pharaoh, sent a warning letter to the governor. Monroe called out the militia, and Gabriel, his plans foiled, fled to Norfolk. Authorities there captured him and returned him to Richmond. Convicted of conspiracy, Gabriel was hanged on 10 Oct. 1800, the last of twenty-six conspirators executed.
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