I understand Mr. Moore's point, but I stand by my assertion: Gabriel's Rebellion -- which drew much of its inspiration from the natural rights rhetoric of the American Revolution -- would have been prevented if white Virginians had taken their ideology to its logical conclusion and ended slavery.   The fact that white Virginians (and citizens of other slave-holding states) persisted in denying those logical conclusions until forced to some sixty-odd years later is a separate, though related, issue.

David Kiracofe
Norfolk, Virginia

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>>> "Donald W. Moore" <[log in to unmask]> 09/03/07 12:25 PM >>>
Not a non sequitor at all. I was referring to Mr. Kiracofe's  
statement in his last post that  "...the remedy for preventing  
Gabriel's (intended) violence was in the hands of white Virginians  
who refused to end the institution of slavery." Was that not a  
purported cause for the Civil War? I just don't want the list to  
repeat the arguments that have already been made.

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