A Repatriation Event: Slave Narratives return home to South Carolina
My book, The Weeping Time, is about the Gullah Geechee community. A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending the first annual International Gullah Geechee African Diaspora conference hosted by the Charles Joyner Institute of Coastal Carolina University. It...
Commemorating the Enslaved of The Weeping Time and A Radio Interview
This weekend including today was the 160th anniversary of the largest slave auction in American history. I was thankful to be in Darien, Georgia to commemorate the occasion. The event was hosted by Butler Plantation descendants of the group African American Origins...
Black History Month in Binghamton, NY
This past weekend, there was a celebration of Black History month at the Binghamton Public Library. Social worker and community activist, Brenda Brown, the local alumnae chapter of the Delta sorority and the NAACP did a wonderful job in reminding the attendees that...Unsung Heroes are the Airport TSA workers on Martin Luther King Day
On Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday, my thoughts are with the children who have been separated from their parents at the border and the 800,000 men and women who have been working for the Federal government without pay for over a month. This past week, I had the...
The Meaning of Freedom on New Year’s Day
HAPPY NEW YEAR! As it is New Year’s Day, I have been thinking about what that day meant for over four million slaves one hundred and fifty five years ago. In a word, it meant freedom—long fought for, long prayed for freedom. See below an excerpt from The Weeping...
Anne C. Bailey and company write about race, slavery, refugees, diasporas, African American, Caribbean and African studies, human rights, history, and memory. We publish every weekend.
Find Anne C. Bailey's non-fiction book : The Weeping Time:
Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History (Beacon Press)
