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Anti-Slavery Uprisings in Virginia, A New Web Site



On 30 August 1800, 200 years ago today, an enslaved man named Gabriel, from
Henrico County, Virginia, prepared to lead the largest anti-slavery uprising
in Virginia's history. A thunderstorm made it impossible for the
conspirators to rendezvous, and two conspirators betrayed the plans to an
owner who notified the governor. During the ensuing investigations and
trials, twenty-six African Americans were hanged and others were sold out of
the state.

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that "Death or
Liberty-Gabriel, Nat Turner, and John Brown," an exhibition on display at
the Library of Virginia from 10 January 2000 through 1 September 2000, is
now available in full on the Library's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us

The on-line exhibition contains transcripts and digitized images of more
than sixty documents treating opposition to slavery in colonial Virginia and
the antebellum period. Consisting of items from the Library's archival
holdings, the documents provide primary source evidence of the anti-slavery
actions of enslaved Virginians and others and illuminate the ways in which
people reacted to those actions and interpreted them.

Brent Tarter
The Library of Virginia
btarter@lva.lib.va.us

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