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The Devil's Half Acre: How one enslaved woman left her mark on education

Por: CBS News Nation October 29, 2022

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In Virginia's capital city, trapped between a railroad yard and an interstate highway, a renewed landscape has unlocked the legacy of a stolen people. I was doing research to learn more about the slave trading district down here, said journalist Kristen Green.That research led to one woman whose story haunted Green for nearly a decade. I just couldn't forget Mary Lumpkin, she told CBS News. Like, once I learned about her, I thought her... + full article



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