Gabriel

(proper noun)

A literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800. Commonly (though incorrectly) known today as Gabriel Prosser,

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Examples of Gabriel in the following topics:

  • Gabriel's Rebellion

    • Gabriel's Rebellion was a planned slave revolt in Virginia in 1800 that was quelled before it could begin.
    • During the summer of 1800 in Richmond, Virginia, Gabriel Prosser, an enslaved literate blacksmith, planned a revolt that would come to be known as "Gabriel's Rebellion."
    • Gabriel's uprising was notable not because of its results—the rebellion was quelled before it could begin—but because it demonstrated the potential for mass resistance and revolution.
    • Prior to Gabriel's Rebellion, some Virginian slave owners were wary of the increasing number of free blacks and argued for stricter manumission laws.
    • For many southern white slave owners, Gabriel's Rebellion proved that slaves would tend toward rebellion and resistance if not kept forcibly contained and controlled.

  • Early Opposition to Slavery

    • The early 1800's witnessed attempted large-scale slave rebellions, including those planned by Gabriel Prosser.
    • Gabriel planned the revolt during the spring and summer of 1800.
    • On August 30, 1800, Gabriel intended to lead slaves into Richmond, but the rebellion was postponed because of rain.
    • Gabriel was returned to Richmond for questioning, but he did not submit.
    • Gabriel, his two brothers, and 23 other slaves were hanged.

  • Architecture

    • The first phase of neoclassicism in France is expressed in the "Louis XVI style" of architects like Ange-Jacques Gabriel (Petit Trianon, 1762–68).
    • Ange-Jacques Gabriel was the Premier Architecte at Versailles, and his neoclassical designs for the royal palace dominated mid eighteenth-century French architecture .
    • Château of the Petit Trianon in the park at Versailles, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, demonstrating the neoclassical architectural style under Louis XVI.

  • The Quran

    • Islamic tradition holds that during one of his visits to Mount Hira in the year 609 CE, the angel Gabriel appeared to him and commanded Muhammad to recite verses that would later be included in the Quran.
    • On the other hand, Shi'a tradition maintains that Muhammad was neither surprised nor frightened at the appearance of Gabriel, but rather welcomed him as if he was expected.
    • They are summarized in the famous hadith of Gabriel.
    • The cave Hira in the mountain Jabal al-Nour where, according to Muslim belief, Muhammad received his first revelation from the angel Gabriel.
    • A depiction of Muhammad receiving his first revelation from the angel Gabriel

  • Neoclassical Architecture

    • The first phase of Neoclassicism in France is expressed in the "Louis XVI style" of architects like Ange-Jacques Gabriel (Petit Trianon, 1762–68).
    • Ange-Jacques Gabriel was the Premier Architecte at Versailles, and his Neoclassical designs for the royal palace dominated mid eighteenth-century French architecture.

  • Painting in the Late Byzantine Empire

    • The Annunciation portrays the Virgin Mary seated on a throne as the angel Gabriel approaches her to deliver the news of her conception of the son of God.
    • Gabriel, meanwhile, appears to have just landed.
    • The Annunciation portrays the Virgin Mary seated on a throne as the angel Gabriel approaches her to deliver the news of her conception of the son of God.

  • Farenheit Scale

    • It is based on a scale proposed in 1724 by physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736).

  • Synthesis of Amino Acids

    • This procedure, known as the Gabriel synthesis, can be used to advantage in aminating bromomalonic esters, as shown in the upper equation of the following scheme.

  • Flemish Painting in the Northern Renaissance

    • The Archangel Gabriel approaches Mary as she is reading in a room that is recognized as a typical middle class Flanders home.
    • The Merode Altarpiece is a triptych that features the Archangel Gabriel approaching Mary, who is reading in a well-decorated, typical middle class Flanders home.

  • Pre-Raphaelites

    • The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
    • After 1856, Dante Gabriel Rossetti became an inspiration for the medievalising strand of the movement.