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.