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Ana Edwards, chair of the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project, leads a tour in July 2016 of the African Burial Ground and Lumpkin’s Jail site in Shockoe Bottom. Her audience is composed of young people taking part in a summer leadership program sponsored by the Maggie Walker National Historic Site.

Ana Edwards, chair of the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project, leads a tour in July 2016 of the African Burial Ground and Lumpkin’s Jail site in Shockoe Bottom. Her audience is composed of young people taking part in a summer leadership program sponsored by the Maggie Walker National Historic Site.

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Sacred Ground project wins $75,000 national grant for slavery memorial park

A group supporting development of a memorial park in Shockoe Bottom to recall the crucial role this area of Richmond played in the slave trade has won a $75,000 grant from a national trust to support its work.