Excerpts from a correspondence between James Madison and Thomas Jefferson on Gabriel's Rebellion; with accompanying document-based questions.  Created for classroom.monticello.org's lesson plan "The Aftermath of Gabriel's Rebellion: Jefferson and the Reaction of Virginia to the Slave Conspiracy of 1800."  http://classroom.monticello.org/teachers/lessons/lesson/454/The-Aftermath-of-Gabriels-Rebellion-Jefferson-and-the-Reaction-of-Virginia-to-the-Slave-Conspiracy-of-1800/