Artist: Ajay Malghan

Project:  The Richmond Slave Trail

Description: From 1830 to 1860, Richmond, Virginia, was the largest supplier of enslaved Africans on the east coast of the United States. Created in 2011, the Richmond Slave Trail is a three-mile route through an area also known as the Devil’s Half Acre; it contains seventeen points, spanning from the slave ship port at Manchester Docks to Lumpkin’s slave jail. These photographs by Ajay Malghan are part of a larger work documenting the places that mark America’s history with slavery, in the context of the culture and economy slavery built. 

Eyes on the South is curated by Jeff Rich. The weekly series features selections of current work from Southern artists, or artists whose photography concerns the South. To submit your work to the series, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..