Prossers Gabriel
Tim Barry
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G C Does anyone know the name GabrielG Prosser?G My conscience says he’s the oneD G that history missed.G A blacksmith by trade up atC G Brookfield Plantation,G A Henrico County slave born ofD G owner Thomas.G C If you listen closely you’ll hearG the words perfect,G D The Caribbean uprising caughtG fire in this land.G C Up and down the James River,G Pamunky and Appomattox,G Tobacco soil gone bad deferred aD G movement for the blacks.G C Nine years before, down in SantoG Domingo,G Slaves refused to submit and tookD G the right of all men.G Virginia whites got nervous andC G hired more militias,G As blacks inspired, plotted andD G passed on their plans.G C Mister Prosser’s Gabriel was smartG as he was strong,G A head of keloid scars and a mindD G of knowing right and wrong.G Voted general at twenty-four in theD G year of eighteen-hundred,G Haunted by the hymns and wailing ofD G his fellow slaves.G Now does anyone know the nameC G Gabriel Prosser?G My conscience says he’s the oneD G that history missed.G A blacksmith by trade up atC G Brookfield Plantation,Continúa después del anuncioG A Henrico County slave born ofD G owner Thomas.G It was on an August night justC G North of Richmond, Virginia,G Gabriel’s men gathered as theirD G owners they slept.G Some would burn the Capital toC G distract residents and masters,G D While others took the city andG freed the convicts.G Well the whites they knew nothing,C G never seen what could hit ‘em,G Nothing like this could happen toD G their carefree black men.G C But think about freedom, now thinkG about slavery.G Blacks armed themselves withD G muskets and homemade bayonets.G With a white flag on the Capital,C G all blacks they would rise.G D All whites spared, would lose butG an arm.G You’re a coward if you own men forD G profit and greed,G You’re the coward of all and forD G all you must bleed.G Now does anyone know the nameC G Gabriel Prosser?G My conscience says he’s the oneD G that history missed.G A blacksmith by trade up atC G Brookfield Plantation,G A Henrico County slave born ofD G owner Thomas.G C Pharaoh and Tom ratted out GabrielG Prosser,G D Their owner was Mosby, andG neighbor of him.G They say the sky seemed seized withC G rain and lightning,G On the night of August thirtiethD G one could see nor stand.G The militias’ let loose to huntC G Gabriel Prosser,G Who took to the swamps as theyD G imprisoned his men.G Flagged a boat whose captain was aC G Methodist preacher,G D But a traitor slave turned him inG in the end.G C They hung Gabriel down at BroadG and 15th Street,G D Lord he would not give a word upG on his men.G C But he took that noose and he tookG it with honor,G He’s buried beneath a lot of parkedD G cars, now, and pavement.G There’s no monument, there’s noC G stone here to see him,G Just black asphalt planked byD G high-rise hospital chains.G If I had it my way we’d seeC G memorials climbin',G D To a true and honest hero,G Prosser’s Gabriel.G Now does anyone know the nameC G Gabriel Prosser?G My conscience says he’s the oneD G that history missed.G A blacksmith by trade up atC G Brookfield Plantation,G A Henrico County slave born ofD G owner Thomas.