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How one woman liberated a notorious US slave jail

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In her new book, the devil's half acre, christine green uncovers the life and legacy of mary lumpkin. Mary was an enslaved woman whose children were fathered by her enslaver, robert lumpkin. She fought for her children's freedom and ultimately founded one of the first historically black colleges and universities in the us.

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