Commemorating the Enslaved of The Weeping Time and A Radio Interview

Mar 3, 2019 | History, Memory

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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 who also led tours of the estates. I read from my book, The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History, and took questions from the audience which also included school children.

For more on the event and the story of The Weeping time, here is an interview with Australia’s ABC radio that was live from earlier today.

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/this-week-in-history/10866176

Anne C. Bailey

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Tiffany Young on March 3, 2019 at 11:40 pm

Thank you so much for helping us make this an amazing program. Blessings, Geechee Griot
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- abailey@binghamton.edu on June 11, 2019 at 11:07 pm
  
  Blessings on you too TIffany and all the work you do to promote black history!
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Commemorating the Enslaved of The Weeping Time and A Radio Interview