Compare And Contrast Psycho's Rebellion

In Gabriel’s Rebellion, Douglas R. Egerton’s evaluation of these two slave conspiracies stem off the revolution and the formation of the government. While Gabriel’s rebellion is fueled by the Revolution and all men being equal, Sancho’s rebellion is inspired by Gabriel’s and the that the government did nothing to change how Africans were treated. These two men would have been successful, but unforeseen events led to their conspiracies being revealed. This caused fear throughout the government and knew that handling these situations would be difficult. These two conspiracies and the governments’ reaction to them led to the government to change their demeanor and enforce new laws that stripped slaves of their rights. Gabriel was among the

This proved to be correct with the rise of Sancho. Sancho’s conspiracy came shortly after Gabriel’s Rebellion was extinguished and was partly inspired by Gabriel’s Rebellion. This inspiration came from the Revolution, as well, and believing that every one had a right to be free. Similar to Gabriel, Sancho did not want to change the society, but wanted an equal part in it by earning all of their money from wage labor. A difference that Egerton noted was, “One significant difference between the conspiracies of 1800 and 1802 was the striking absence of political discourse in the latter plot… Sancho’s men made no plans to march forth under a banner emblazoned with political slogans, they simply planned to march.” Unlike Gabriel, Sancho was a waterman and the people that his conspiracy consisted of was waterman, although, he did attempt to recruit people inland. Sancho was unsuccessful doing so because of the fear of the executions that occurred due to Gabriel’s rebellion. Sancho’s resurgence encountered numerous problems because of the harshness of the white elite class two years prior. Almost the entire black population was terrified and did not want to face the wrath if they became involved in another rebellion. Sancho’s rebellion quickly unraveled because he failed to get

Egerton stated, “If slavery was to endure, the relative freedom that slaves had enjoyed during the decades after the Revolution would have to end.” The Virginia government adopted Charles Pettigrew’s ideology that “slavery and tyranny must go together.” The government began using force and imposing harsher regulations on slaves. Monroe established militia’s to guard arsenals, banned large meetings for slaves, banned teaching slaves how to read, slaves had to carry written passes to leave their residence, and in achieving their manumission they were forced to migrate north. Virginia’s white elite was not ready at this point to let go of slavery and having free wage labor, so in hopes to prevent another rebellion or conspiracy the elite issued these regulations. Further regulations will be imposed even later, essentially, taking away every human right for African