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

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

Kristen Green

336 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional informative medium-paced

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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 In The Devil’s Half Acre, New York Times bestselling author Kristen Green draws on years of research to tell...

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