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Yes. The Times-Dispatch story is more accurate, though it doesn't
give the date of the execution.
--Jurretta Heckscher
On Sep 3, 2007, at 7:21 AM, David Kiracofe wrote:
> The AP story is incorrect about the date of Prosser's execution:
> August 30 was the planned date for the uprising. Arrests of
> alleged rebels began soon after that, but Gabriel himself managed
> to hide out for about a month before he was, again, betrayed. He
> was trying to get to Norfolk where he might have been able to catch
> a ship to take him from the area when he was recognized and turned
> in for the reward. He was tried in early October and then executed
> October 10.
>
> David Kiracofe
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> David Kiracofe
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