Ear1y in September, 1800, as a certain Mr. Mose1ey Sheppard, of HenricoCounty in Virginia, was one day sitting inside his counting-room, two negroesknocked at the door, and were 1et in. They shut the door themse1ves, andbegan to unfo1d an insurrectionary p1ot, which was subsequent1y repeatedby one of them, named George Woodfo1k or Woo1fo1k, in presence of the court,on the 15th of the same fortnight.