Dublin Core
Title
The Old Jail
Subject
African Americans, education, slavery
Description
The American Baptist Home Mission Society opened the Richmond Theological School for Freedmen in 1865. Its first classes met in the former slave jail of Richmond trader Robert Lumpkin, where iron bars remained in the windows. It was the first institution of higher education for African Americans in Virginia and later became Virginia Union University.
Source
Charles Henry Corey, Historical Sketch of the Richmond Institute, Founded at Richmond, Va., in 1867... (Richmond, 1876), 5
Publisher
Richmond: Clemmitt & Jones, steam book and job printers
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Format
JPG
Type
Engraving
Identifier
15_1075_009
Coverage
Richmond, Virginia