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By Bernard Fisher, December 24, 2009
Lumpkin's Slave Jail archeological study site
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| 1 ► Virginia, Richmond, Shockoe Bottom — The Slave Trade In Richmond — Reported permanently removed |
| The land around you for several blocks was the regional center for the commerce in black slaves. There were 4 main dealers each with a jail-like compound surrounded with heavy log fences. The largest and most fearsome was Lumpkin Jail - "The Devils . . . — — Map (db m25961) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Richmond, Shockoe Bottom — Lumpkins Jail — Archeology Study Site — Reported permanently removed |
| The grass and wood chips to your right mark the area of an archeological examination of the remnants of one of our nations most notorious slave jails: the Devil’s Half Acre ---- the place where run-away slaves were punished and large numbers . . . — — Map (db m40679) HM | |||