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Opinion: African Americans Continue To Lead Insurrections For Democracy In America
In the summer of 1800, Gabriel Prosser, an enslaved blacksmith, planned a slave insurrection in Richmond Virginia. Information about the rebellion was leaked, and it was thwarted. Prosser and 25 of his followers were taken captive and hanged. In 2007, in response to a 2006 request from the NAACP, then Virginia Governor  Tim Kaine issued…
