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 > > David Kiracofe > History > Tidewater Community College > Chesapeake Campus > 1428 Cedar Road > Chesapeake, Virginia 23322 > 757-822-5136