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

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

Bailey, Anne C. (Anne Caroline), author.
Book 2017

"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. Bai...

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Butler family
Butler, Pierce, Jr., 1807-1867
Collective memory United States
Enslaved persons Georgia Biography
Plantation life Georgia
Plantations Georgia History 19th century
Slave trade Georgia
Slavery Georgia History 19th century
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ISBN:
9781107193055
Description:
x, 197 pages : illustrations, map, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Part I. The breach. The weeping time
The auction and American history
Part II. 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
Part III. Healing the breach. Reconstruction and reconnecting threads
Out of the silence : descendants restore family names
Epilogue : history and the democratization of memory
LCCN:
2017023930
Control Number:
2474819
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