In honor of February as Black History Month, the Henrico Citizen will spotlight (on each weekday during the month) an important current or former Black resident of Henrico whose life has helped shape ...
Gabriel Prosser (1776-1800) Born in Henrico in 1776, Gabriel Prosser led one of the biggest slave revolts in American history. Unlike many of his enslaved peers, Prosser was learned. As a blacksmith, ...
In 1776, the year of America's independence as a country, a slave child named Gabriel was born to the family owned by Thomas Henry Prosser of the Brookfield Plantation in Henrico County.
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