I found it interesting how the slave jail was so close to the main house and hotel/tavern. It seems almost psychopathic for people to be enjoying themselves at the tavern or relaxing in the house knowing the horrible conditions the slaves are living in only a few feet away. How could the white slave owners not have a shred of humanity even as the slaves were suffering in Lumpkin’s Jail? The more we learn about Richmond’s history and the history of slavery in this country, the more I’m starting to see that slavery was not just a system to provide labor. It was a system for white people to express their complete hatred for black people.