a) In corresponding with Thomas Jefferson, he argued that persons of African ancestry had the same abilities and should enjoy the same rights as whites.
b) He toured the state arguing that masters had a Christian duty to emancipate their slaves.
c) As a slave, he planned a slave uprising in 1800 and was hanged.
d) As a prominent planter in the Tidewater region, he led successful efforts in the legislature to block emancipation.
Originally posted 2010-05-15 11:15:18.
The answer is c).
Gabriel Prosser was a black slave preacher who organized a failed slave uprisng in 1800. He had plans to hold VA’s governor hostage or to kidnap him and demand the freedom of slaves. He was betrayed by two slaves from Meadow Farm,on Mountain Rd, in what is now Glen Allen, in Henrico County, belonging to the Sheppard family.They planned to meet at a site on the Upham Brook in what is now the Lakeside area in Henrico Co., near the Hermitage Rd. exit on I-95. The night they were to meet up, there was a torrential rain storm that flooded the brook and plans were put off to the next night. This provided time for officials to round up the suspected slaves and prevent the uprising. Gabriel Prosser and others were tried and hanged as a result.
This is a trick question, and poster above’s response is wrong.
The correct answer is A!
Even though he had intentions on the slave uprising (choice c), he hadn’t done it. He wanted to get attention of Thomas Jefferson through the intention of “slave uprising” and really wanted equality. Equality amount africans, Gabriel Posser wanted equal rights as whites.