The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History

by Bailey, Anne C.

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Title Statements

Full title :The Weeping Time : Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History / Anne C. Bailey.

Summary

In 1859, at the largest recorded slave auction in American history, over 400 men, women, and children were sold by the Butler Plantation estates. This book is one of the first to analyze the operation of this auction and trace the lives of slaves before, during, and after their sale. Immersing herself in the personal papers of the Butlers, accounts from journalists that witnessed the auction, genealogical records, and oral histories, Anne C. Bailey weaves together a narrative that brings the auction to life. Demonstrating the resilience of African American families, she includes interviews from the living descendants of slaves sold on the auction block, showing how the memories of slavery have shaped people's lives today. Using the auction as the focal point, The Weeping Time is a compelling and nuanced narrative of one of the most pivotal eras in American history, and how its legacy persists today.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2017).

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : PDF file(s).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108140393, 1108140394
oclc:on1027395284
LC Classification:E442
Dewey Decimal:306.3/6209758

The breach -- The weeping time -- The auction and its meaning -- Linked fates -- Pierce Butler and his grandfather's legacy -- Mr. and Mrs. Butler -- More than "hands:" African rhythms and work on the Butler Plantations -- Faith on the Butler estates -- A family divided, a nation divided -- Healing the breach -- Reconstruction and reconnecting threads -- Out of the silence: descendants restore family names -- Epilogue: History and the democratization of memory.

Subjects

Biographies Butler (Famille) Butler family Butler, Pierce,, Jr Collective memory Collective memory -- United States Esclaves -- Commerce -- Géorgie (État) Georgia History Mémoire collective -- États-Unis Plantation life Plantation life -- Georgia Plantations Plantations -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. … Plantations -- History -- 19th century.… Slave trade Slave trade -- Georgia Slavery Slavery -- History -- 19th century. -- … Slaves