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In the name of Gabriel

Gabriel Week events advance the story of enslaved blacksmith Gabriel and his planned rebellion in August 1800.

In the first scenes of the 2014 short film, “Tobacco Burn,” a tall white man emerges from an old-time tobacco barn, buttoning his britches. Inside, behind the swaying fronds of drying tobacco, a black woman weeps as she adjusts her frock.