{"id":17343,"date":"2022-08-19T13:47:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T11:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=214038"},"modified":"2022-08-19T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:06:08","slug":"how-one-woman-liberated-a-notorious-us-slave-jail","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/how-one-woman-liberated-a-notorious-us-slave-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"How one woman liberated a notorious US slave jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Emily Briffett\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 19 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Kristen Green uncovers the life and legacy of Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved women trapped within the US domestic slave trade. Speaking to Emily Briffett, Kristen explains how Mary fought for her children\u2019s freedom, liberated the infamous \u201cDevil\u2019s Half Acre\u201d and ultimately founded one of the first historically black colleges and universities in the US.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-214038-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/HistoryExtra202200S4-d83ee1c.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/HistoryExtra202200S4-d83ee1c.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/HistoryExtra202200S4-d83ee1c.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Kristen Green is the author of <em>The Devil\u2019s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South\u2019s Most Notorious Slave Jail<\/em> (Seal Press, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/the-devil-s-half-acre-the-untold-story-of-how-one-woman-liberated-the-south-s-most-notorious-slave-jail\/9781541675636&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Devils-Half-Acre-Liberated-Notorious-ebook\/dp\/B09BQP8JSP?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-devils-half-acre\/kristen-green\/9781541675636&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emily Briffett Published: Friday, 19 August 2022 at 12:00 am Kristen Green uncovers the life and legacy of Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved women trapped within the US domestic slave trade. 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