dig to commence at Lumpkin’s
Archaeologists from the James River Institute for Archaeology of Williamsburg will work through the summer excavating at the site of the Lumpkin’s slave jail, currently a city-owned parking lot behind...
View ArticleYou are parking your car in a lot that was built over a historic cemetery.
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...
View ArticleHistoric remains of infamous Lumpkin’s Slave Jail Discovered
A major project of the Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission, the archaeological excavation of the infamous Lumpkin’s Slave Jail, located in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom area, has uncovered the...
View Articlefinding Lumpkin’s Jail and locating the Burial Ground for Negroes
The Virginia Historical Society invites the community to attend Hidden Things Brought to Light: Finding Lumpkin’s Jail and Locating the Burial Ground for Negroes. The free event will be held this...
View Articleslavery museum for shockoe bottom?
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...
View ArticleFredericksburg’s take on the slavery museum
Fredericksburg’s Free Lance Star rips into Doug Wilder today and wonders, “Are you sure you want to cut in, Richmond?” The editorial comes after a Richmond Times-Dispatch article yesterday implying...
View Articleslavery museum discussion heats up
Discussion on the possibility of moving the National Slavery Museum to Richmond has everyone talking! Bacon’s Rebellion has a post up arguing why “Shockoe’s a Good Spot for a Slavery Museum”. UPDATED:...
View ArticleLumpkin’s Jail in March Smithsonian
ACORN’s March newsletter has a pointer to the story in the March issue of Smithsonian about the dig at Lumpkin’s Jail: From the 1830s to the Civil War, when Richmond was the largest American...
View Articlecommitted to Fredericksburg
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...
View ArticleLumpkin’s Jail presentation at VUU
On April 15 at 9 am, a presentation on the history and archaeology of Lumpkin’s Jail will be held in the Wilder Library at Virginia Union University. VUU was founded in 1865 to educate newly...
View Article“doing the right/ smart thing” with Lumpkin’s Jail
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’s Jail to educate the public about a crucial point in our nation’s...
View Articlehold history in your hands
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...
View ArticleClean-up at Lumpkins Jail on Saturday
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...
View Articlerenderings for the proposed slavery museum
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’s twitter page hints that the...
View ArticlePrayer Vigil and Remembrance Service for Mandela tonight
A Prayer Vigil and Remembrance Service in honor of The Honorable Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa and civil rights leader, will be held in tonight (Thursday, 12/12) from 5-6 p.m. at the...
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