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Creation of the Indiana Territory... Early notice on Gabriel's Rebellion...
Creation of the Indiana Territory... Early notice on Gabriel's Rebellion...
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September 15, 1800
THE CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, Sept. 15, 1800
* re. the creation of the state of Indiana
* Gabriel Prosser's slave insurrection
Page 3 has a brief & early report on Gabriel's Rebellion,
It notes: "An insurrection was discovered on the 30th alt. among the negroes in the neighborhood of Richmond, Vir. and some of them are lodged in the gaol [jail] of that city...".
Gabriel's Rebellion was a planned slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia, area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt was leaked before its execution, and Gabriel, an enslaved blacksmith who planned the event, and twenty-five of his followers were hanged.
More notable is the back page Act of Congress: "...to divide the territory of the United States north-west of the Ohio, into two separate governments", signed in type by Th. Jefferson.
By this Act the Indiana Territory was created.
Four pages, some minor stains, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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