The Devil's Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail

ISBN-13: 9781541675636 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 352 str.

Kristen Green

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The riveting true story of an enslaved woman who liberated herself, her children, and a notorious jail for enslaved people in the Confederacy's capital, transforming the property into one of the nation's first HBCUs.

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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 young daughters in Richmond, Virginia.