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Richmond, the Cage was three stories tall and topped with a dome "with stocks and whipping post in the rear." The Cage was "open on three sides, except for iron gratings, and those within were visible to passers-by. The need for such a facility was stressed by a grand
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An early form of the Cage was in use as early as 1785. The original Cage was octagonal and was used "until
Henrico County erected a new jail in 1820, when an arrangement was made by the City and the County to keep all prisoners in the County jail. This arrangement was continued until 1830, when the
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were sometimes placed in the Cage until their legal status could be ascertained. In 1853, when slave traders were in a dispute over a woman named Sally who was thought to be insane, the
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