Black Thunder: Gabriel's Revolt: Virginia, 1800Author Contributor(s): Bontemps, Arna Publisher: Beacon Press Date: 4 1 1992 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW 'Gabriel Prosser's 1800 slave revolt allowed Bontemps to warn of the rebellion that would come of poverty and racial oppression. This metaphor of revolution is at the same time a highly pertinent representation of black masculinity that will reward students of gender, slavery and the sensibilities of the 1930s.' Nell Irvin Painter