Formerly the site of Lumpkin’s Jail, where the slave trader Robert Lumpkin began operating his business in the mid-1840s, this spot is one of 20 that make up the Richmond Slave Trail.

Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike, Richmond, Va. Marked

An experiment based on an article from the New York Times.

Formerly the site of Lumpkin’s Jail, where the slave trader Robert Lumpkin began operating his business in the mid-1840s, this spot is one of 20 that make up the Richmond Slave Trail.