A recently installed city historic marker on Church Hill ends with “…LUMPKINS JAIL, KNOWN AS ‘HELL’S HALF ACRE.’”
From Virginia African American Heritage Program: “The jail was known as “The Devil’s Half Acre”….”
A recently installed city historic marker on Church Hill ends with “…LUMPKINS JAIL, KNOWN AS ‘HELL’S HALF ACRE.’”
From Virginia African American Heritage Program: “The jail was known as “The Devil’s Half Acre”….”