Name: Kristen Green—THE DEVIL'S HALF ACRE
Start: 2022-05-12T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Old Town Books

Kristen Green—THE DEVIL'S HALF ACRE

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Join us for an in-person event with Kristen Green to discuss her new book, The Devil's Half Acre!

In this in-store conversation with Howard professor and children&#x27;s book author Carolivia Herron, Kristen Green will discuss the inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of the nation’s first HBCUs.Book as Ticket includes a signed copy of <a href="https://oldtownbooks.com/?q=h.reports.iv&amp;eisbn=lqczeCEl_PDlukTqkXrzzQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Devil&#x27;s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South&#x27;s Most Notorious Slave Jail</a>, which you can pick up at the event.<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EZMH1FzaWZmcGPRkP4RVeyK7-NKRygLPPLiI0UHoIWw/edit" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">By attending any and all Old Town Books events you are agreeing to our code of conduct.</a> Masks will be required for all attendees.About the book:In The Devil’s Half Acre, New York Times bestselling author Kristen Green draws on years of research to tell the extraordinary and little-known story of young Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who blazed a path of liberation for thousands. She was forced to have the children of a brutal slave trader and live on the premises of his slave jail, known as the “Devil’s Half Acre.” When she inherited the jail after the death of her slaveholder, she transformed it into “God’s Half Acre,” a school where Black men could fulfill their dreams. It still exists today as Virginia Union University, one of America’s first Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A sweeping narrative of a life in the margins of the American slave trade, The Devil’s Half Acre brings Mary Lumpkin into the light. This is the story of the resilience of a woman on the path to freedom, her historic contributions, and her enduring legacy. About the author:Kristen Green is a reporter and the author of the New York Times bestseller Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County, which received the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Nonfiction and the People’s Choice Award. She has worked as a writer for two decades for newspapers including the Boston Globe, the San Diego Union-Tribune, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. She holds a master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, and lives with her husband and two daughters in Richmond, Virginia.

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