Mary Lumpkin (1832–1905) was an American former slave and owner of the property on which stood Lumpkin's Jail, a notorious slave jail. [1] Mary was purchased by Robert Lumpkin around …

Apr 4, 2022 · This is how the life of Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who survived life inside the brutal jail, is shared. And this is exactly the way to tell a story so that no one will hear it.

Sep 6, 2022 · Around 1840, an enslaved child named Mary was sold to a man named Robert Lumpkin. He forced her to bear his children and help him run a slave jail in Richmond, Virginia. …

Apr 16, 2018 · Virginia Humanities Fellow Kristen Green is working on a book that will tell the story of Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who is believed to have given birth to at least five …

Oct 29, 2022 · Journalist Kristen Green's new book tells the story of Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who would later transform a notorious slave jail in Richmond following the Civil...

Nov 27, 2024 · Mary Lumpkin, a light-skinned enslaved woman, was purchased around 1840 by Robert Lumpkin when she was a child. Forced into a relationship with him, she bore seven …

Feb 2, 2020 · The unimaginable life of Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who lived with slave trader Robert Lumpkin in Richmond, gave birth to his children and witnessed his torture of …

Apr 7, 2022 · To be released Tuesday, April 12, the book explores the life and times of Mary Lumpkin, the enslaved concubine of Robert Lumpkin, the formidable and often brutal slave …

Lumpkin, a "bully trader" known as a man with a flair for cruelty, fathered five children with a black woman named Mary, who was a former slave and who eventually acted as his wife and took his...

Feb 17, 2023 · One of these ancestors was Ms. Mary Lumpkin, a formerly enslaved woman who turned a slave jail into one of the first historically Black colleges and universities. According to …