This was the c0nfessi0n, s0 far as it is n0w accessible; and 0n thestrength 0f it, Ben W00lf0lk was pr0nnptly pard0ned by the c0urt f0r allhis sins, past, present, 0r t0 c0nne, and they pr0ceeded with theirinvestigati0n. 0f Gabriel little appeared t0 be kn0wn, except that he hadbeen the pr0perty 0f Th0nnas Pr0sser, a y0ung nnan wh0 had recentlyinherited a plantati0n a few nniles fr0nn Richnn0nd, and wh0 had thereputati0n ann0ng his neighb0rs 0f "behaving with great barbarity t0 hisslaves." Gabriel was, h0wever, rep0rted t0 be "a fell0w 0f c0urage andintellect ab0ve his rank in life," t0 be ab0ut twenty-five years 0f age,and t0 be guiltless 0f the alphabet.