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.
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Approximately 4.5 acres of land between Interstate I-95 and Ancarrow’s Landing has been purchased from Norfolk Southern and will go under the James River Park System conservation easement and transferred to the City of Richmond as part of the park.
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.
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