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A portion of the Richmond Slave Trail is now protected in perpetuity, after a local land conservation group spent years in talks to purchase it from Norfolk Southern.
The Capital Region Land Conservancy has added the richly historic property to a larger patchwork of 6,000 protected acres. These lands are also known for their ecological value.
“I don't have any problem turning it loose,” said Louis Heindl, who has since the 1970s owned the one piece of the island the city didn't buy. “If the right offer came along, I would strongly consider selling it.”