Feed More’s Meals on Wheels program is celebrating the 10 millionth meal delivered to Mary Smith, 103, of Richmond, Virginia.
Watch Richmond author Kristen Green discuss her book Devil’s Half Acre and the story of Mary Lumpkin on CBS Saturday Morning this Saturday.
In “The Devil’s Half Acre,” Green, bestselling author and former Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter, tells the story of Mary Lumpkin of Richmond. Mary Lumpkin is a slave woman who inherited Lumpkin’s Slave Prison, a prison for white slave owners, who died after giving birth to her child.
“It’s been very exciting. It’s an opportunity to share this story more broadly with Americans,” Green said this week. “When I wrote this book, I envisioned it would be of real value to Richmond and Virginia and hoped it would find a wider audience across the country. We can get a lot of viewers.”
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“Devil’s Half Acre: How One Woman Freed the South’s Most Infamous Slave Prison”
Kristen Green, April release, Seal Press, $17.99
Greene, a bestselling author and former reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, wrote that after an enslaved woman named Mary Lumpkin of Richmond died after giving birth to a child, Lumpkin’s Slave Prison, a prison for white slaveholders, was opened. I am talking about inheriting.
Mary Lumpkin was born into slavery in Virginia in 1832.
Described as “almost white” and “light-skinned”, she was forced to give birth to Robert Lumpkin’s children by age 13. Richmond Prison grounds.
Mary proposed leasing the grounds as a school for training freemen to be ministers, and this became the basis for Virginia Union College.
“CBS Saturday Morning” shot in Richmond in September.
Co-host Michelle Miller arrived with the crew to film at the Lumpkins Prison site and elsewhere.
Richmond author Kristen Green explores the untold story of Mary Lumpkin in ‘Devil’s Half Acre’
Besides Green, the crew interviewed Delores Mackin, D-Richmond. Carolivia Heron, one of Lumpkin’s descendants. Anna Edwards, founder and chair of the Sacred Ground project, working to rehabilitate the Shockoe Bottom African burial site. Hakim J. Lucas, president of VUU.
“Mary Lumpkin was one of two million enslaved women and girls in the American South. Her story opens our eyes to what it was like to be a slave. said Green.
“Her story is so important to share. I couldn’t.
“Mary Lumpkin is truly inspiring. Through her own self-determination, she has been able to educate her children, free herself, and find this wonderful school for black men and women.
‘CBS Saturday Morning’ airs from 8am to 10am
Top 5 Events of the Weekend: Richmond Restaurant Week, GWAR & Zombie Walk
zombie walk
Saturday
It’s not uncommon to see zombies roaming Cary Street. Especially on Saturday and Sunday mornings (usually when Bloody Marie has one or two of her can revert zombies to human form). But this is different. For 17 years, Halloween-goers have dressed up as undead and flocked to shopping and dining destinations to scare the fun. Let’s not forget the oozing rubber eyeballs and lifelike scar tissue. Prizes are online! Pre-walk meetup/staging at 1:00 PM at Boat Lake, Bird Park. 1:00pm to 5:00pm (walk she started around 2:30), starting at 2901 W. Cary St. Free (accepting donations for suicide awareness and prevention). Richmond ZombieWalk.com
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Richmond Restaurant Week
until Sunday
You know the drill: Eat a great meal and support a great cause. And at $5.22 for each meal that benefits from Feed More, who said he could only attend once?Hours vary by restaurant. $35.22 per person. RRWeek.com.
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Harvest festival
Saturday
If you regret not being able to get out of the house for your best season yet, worry not. HarvestFest he’s all fall in one day. Carve pumpkins, sit back and listen to scary tales, and join The Slack Family Bluegrass Band to sample authentic German grub. From building fairytale homes to shooting candid people in fall photo booths, it’s all happening for kids and adults. 10am-8pm 1800 Lakeside Avenue. Included in regular admission ($17 for adults). (804) 262-9887 or LewisGinter.org/Event/HarvestFest
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Rocket Landing Cap Trail 10M & 5K
Saturday
For some people, the thought of running a 10-miler or a 5K is scary enough. Add some fake blood and some plastic rakes and you get the opposite effect of a double rainbow. The scenic runs and walks are for the good cause of the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation. Follow the James River Trail and you’ll find plenty to enjoy, from prizes and touchless water stations to post-race drink his tickets that can be redeemed at Stone Brewing. 16 Nicholson St. 8:00 am (packet pickup). $37 (5,000) and $42 (10 milar). Virginia Capital Trail.org/CapTrailRun
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GWAR
Sunday
RVA has had some great ambassadors, from L. Douglas Wilder to the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe to Nutsy. But honestly, nothing beats GWAR. Shock metal musicians are a spectacle that everyone should see at least once. and Halloween is the band’s Christmas. 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:00). 708 E. Broad St. $27 (general admission). (804) 612-1900 or TheNationalVa.com
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