mar 28, 1800 - Gabriel Prosser's revolt
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Gabriel Prosser, an enslaved African American blacksmith in Virginia, organizes a slave revolt intended to march through Richmond, VA. The plans for the revolt are discovered and Prosser along with other conspirators are subsequently hanged. This results in Virginia tightening its slave laws.
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Slavery and African Americans Timeline 1800-1850
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