Book

The Devil's Half Acre

The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail

Kristen Green

2022

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Retrieval

A Formerly Enslaved Woman Helped Found a Key American University

Mary Lumpkin’s life helps us to better understand the post-Civil War push for education.

by Kristen Green via Made By History on May 10, 2022
Book Review

A Fable of Agency

Kristen Green’s "The Devil’s Half Acre" recounts the story of a fugitive slave jail, and the enslaved woman, Mary Lumpkin, who came to own it.

by Brenda Wineapple via New York Review of Books on May 5, 2022
Book Excerpt

The Enslaved Woman Who Liberated a Slave Jail and Transformed It Into an HBCU

Forced to bear her enslaver's children, Mary Lumpkin later forged her own path to freedom.

by Kristen Green via Smithsonian on April 4, 2022

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