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	<title>River District News &#187; Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail</title>
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		<title>renderings for the proposed slavery museum</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/10/19/renderings-for-the-proposed-slavery-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Magazine has the latest details on the proposed slavery museum in Shockoe Bottom, as well as a slideshow of the renderings. The editor of Richmond Magazine&#8217;s twitter page hints that  the Fredericksburg location is out.
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		<title>Clean-up at Lumpkins Jail on Saturday</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/10/13/clean-up-at-lumpkins-jail-on-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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Seen on the Hope in the Cities FB page:


If you are interested in being a part of one of the most significant historical sites in our city, come to Lumpkins Jail on Saturday, October 17 at 9 am to help clean up the site. It is an excellent time to work with others who care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hold history in your hands</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/09/11/hold-history-in-your-hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the public are invited to stop by the Black History Museum on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 11:00 a.m., to help wash, tag, and document materials retrieved from the excavation of the Lumpkin’s Jail site in Shockoe Bottom. The event is a collaboration by the Black History Museum, the Richmond Slave Trail Commission, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;doing the right/ smart thing&#8221; with Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/04/16/doing-the-right-smart-thing-with-lumpkins-jail/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/04/16/doing-the-right-smart-thing-with-lumpkins-jail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[F.T. Rea from the Fan District Hub writes about the importance of building a state of the art museum in the location of Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail to educate the public about a crucial point in our nation&#8217;s history and bring a unique tourist attraction to the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood. [via Richmond.com]
The only thing we can do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail presentation at VUU</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/04/07/lumpkins-jail-presentation-at-vuu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 15 at 9 am, a presentation on the history and archaeology of Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail will be held in the Wilder Library at Virginia Union University. VUU was founded in 1865 to educate newly emancipated freedmen. The school initially held classes in Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail, the largest slave trading center in the US before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>committed to Fredericksburg</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/03/13/committed-to-fredericksburg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Richmond residents were excited that the Slavery Museum planned for Fredericksburg might be moved to Richmond. Doug Wilder posted a response this week to the recent discussion on Virginia Tomorrow stating that the museum will not be moved to Richmond.
The Museum Board is committed to its stated and moral obligations to the Fredericksburg [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail in March Smithsonian</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/03/04/lumpkins-jail-in-march-smithsonian/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/03/04/lumpkins-jail-in-march-smithsonian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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ACORN&#8217;s March newsletter has a pointer to the story in the March issue of Smithsonian about the dig at Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail:


From the 1830s to the Civil War, when Richmond was the largest American slave-trading hub outside of New Orleans, &#8220;the devil&#8217;s half acre,&#8221; as Lumpkin&#8217;s complex was called, sat amid a swampy cluster of tobacco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>slavery museum discussion heats up</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/03/01/slavery-museum-discussion-heats-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discussion on the possibility of moving the National Slavery Museum to Richmond has everyone talking! Bacon&#8217;s Rebellion has a post up arguing why &#8220;Shockoe&#8217;s a Good Spot for a Slavery Museum&#8221;.
UPDATED: The Virginian-Pilot argues the National Slavery Museum be moved to Fort Monroe in Hampton, VA.
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		<title>Fredericksburg&#8217;s take on the slavery museum</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/02/27/fredericksburgs-take-on-the-slavery-museum/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/02/27/fredericksburgs-take-on-the-slavery-museum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fredericksburg&#8217;s Free Lance Star rips into Doug Wilder today and wonders, &#8220;Are you sure you want to cut in, Richmond?&#8221;
The editorial comes after a Richmond Times-Dispatch article yesterday implying that Richmond officials want to bring the museum to &#8220;the Holy City&#8217;s trendy Shockhoe [sic] Bottom.&#8221;  After highlighting the many problems plaguing the museum project and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>slavery museum for shockoe bottom?</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/02/26/slavery-museum-for-shockoe-bottom/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/02/26/slavery-museum-for-shockoe-bottom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More trouble for the proposed National Slavery Museum in Fredericksburg has people wondering if Richmond will get an another chance to be the home of the museum. The project has been stalled for several years following a ceremonial groundbreaking service on the Fredericksburg site. It is now being reported that the nonprofit museum has not paid its real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>finding Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail and locating the Burial Ground for Negroes</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/02/25/finding-lumpkins-jail-and-locating-the-burial-ground-for-negroes/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2009/02/25/finding-lumpkins-jail-and-locating-the-burial-ground-for-negroes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Historical Society invites the community to attend Hidden Things Brought to Light: Finding Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail and Locating the Burial Ground for Negroes. The free event will be held this Saturday, February 28, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. &#8211; 1:00 p.m.
&#8220;The goal of this conference is to provide a venue where members of the public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic remains of infamous Lumpkin&#8217;s Slave Jail Discovered</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/12/16/historic-remains-of-infamous-lumpkins-slave-jail-discovered/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/12/16/historic-remains-of-infamous-lumpkins-slave-jail-discovered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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A major project of the Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission, the archaeological excavation of the infamous Lumpkin&#8217;s Slave Jail, located in Richmond&#8217;s Shockoe Bottom area, has uncovered the remains of the former compound and period artifacts. The discovery includes the brick foundation,      cobblestone courtyard and kitchen area.



Via the Richmond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You are parking your car in a lot that was built over a historic cemetery.</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/12/07/you-are-parking-your-car-in-a-lot-that-was-built-over-a-historic-cemetery/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/12/07/you-are-parking-your-car-in-a-lot-that-was-built-over-a-historic-cemetery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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From a flyer being left on cars in the VCU parking lot. For more info, check out the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project.



From the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project, a timeline of Burial Ground Reclamation Activities:

TIMELINE of Burial Ground Reclamation Activities
From 1992 to the present many individuals and organizations have worked to ensure that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>dig to commence at Lumpkin&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/06/04/dig-to-commence-at-lumpkins/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/06/04/dig-to-commence-at-lumpkins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Archaeologists from the James River Institute for Archaeology of Williamsburg will work through the summer excavating at the site of the Lumpkin&#8217;s slave jail, currently a city-owned parking lot behind Main Street Station. [via]

&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping what we will find will give us insight in how they lived not only as slaves but slave owners, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>dig at Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail could resume this summer</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/14/dig-at-lumpkins-jail-could-resume-this-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/05/14/dig-at-lumpkins-jail-could-resume-this-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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Style Weekly is reporting that the archaeological dig at Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail, the slave auction house and nicknamed the “Devil’s Half Acre&#8221;, could resume this summer. The site is currently a parking lot behind Main Street Station.
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		<title>on the Slave Trail</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/02/16/on-the-slave-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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Richmond&#8217;s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is offering guided walks on the Slave Trail every Saturday in February at 9:30AM. The walks are led by the department&#8217;s James River Park System staff and cost $5 per person. I got up and out early this past Saturday to experience this for myself&#8230;



The trail begins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Me Where You&#8217;re Marching, Tell Me Where You&#8217;re Bound</title>
		<link>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/30/tell-me-where-youre-marching-tell-me-where-youre-bound/</link>
		<comments>http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/01/30/tell-me-where-youre-marching-tell-me-where-youre-bound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john m</dc:creator>
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While photographing pre-Civil War sites around Richmond, Shanna Merola discovered that many of the structures used during the city&#8217;s slave trade have been erased from the landscape, with few markers to indicate their historical significance. With a pinhole camera, she captured images of the Manchester Docks, Lumpkin&#8217;s Jail, and the Negro Burial Ground or, rather, [...]]]></description>
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