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The weeping time : memory and the largest slave auction in American history /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bailey, Anne C. (Anne Caroline) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Butler, Pierce, > Jr., > 1807-1867.
Butler family.
Slave trade > Georgia.
Slavery > Georgia > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Georgia > Biography.
Plantation life > Georgia.
Plantations > Georgia > History > 19th century.
Collective memory > United States.

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