Archaeological dig site of Lumpkin's slave jail,main center for slave commerce,(The Devil's 1/2 acre) later turned into school.

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Archaeological dig site of Lumpkin's Slave Jail in Richmond,Virginia. This was one of four major regional sites that handled the slave commerce in this was the most infamous and was nicknamed "The Devil's 1/2 Acre". After slavery was abolished it was turned into a school for freed slaves.

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Location: Richmond,Virginia USA
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