{"product_id":"9780763668709","title":"Come August, Come Freedom: The Bellows, the Gallows, and the Black General Gabriel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn 1800 insurrection planned by a literate slave known as \"Prosser’s Gabriel\" inspires a historical novel following one extraordinary man’s life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a time of post-Revolutionary fervor in Richmond, Virginia, an imposing twenty-four-year-old slave named Gabriel, known for his courage and intellect, plotted a rebellion involving thousands of African- American freedom seekers armed with refashioned pitchforks and other implements of Gabriel’s blacksmith trade. The revolt would be thwarted by a confluence of fierce weather and human betrayal, but Gabriel retained his dignity to the end. History knows little of Gabriel’s early life. But here, author Gigi Amateau imagines a childhood shaped by a mother’s devotion, a father’s passion for liberation, and a friendship with a white master’s son who later proved cowardly and cruel. She gives vibrant life to Gabriel’s love for his wife-to-be, Nanny, a slave woman whose freedom he worked tirelessly, and futilely, to buy. Interwoven with original documents, this poignant, illuminating novel gives a personal face to a remarkable moment in history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029555527920,"sku":"9780763668709","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780763668709_p0.jpg?v=1763659007","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780763668709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}