I am headed south with The Weeping Time and am looking forward to it! My first stop will be at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and then I will be helping to commemorate the 160th anniversary of The Weeping Time slave auction in Darien, Ga. Descendants of families sold on the auction block and community members will be gathering at the Butler Plantation estates on Saturday and Sunday to remember those whose lives were forever changed by this event.
I am honored to be reading from my book and sharing a little of the journey to publication with them.
For those of you in the area, I hope you will come out and join us in Darien, Ga.
Next week, we will post pictures and videos of the event.
Anne C. Bailey
UPCOMING DATES
February 28, 2019, 5:30pm
Veritas Conversation with Dr. David Kline, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Presbyterian Student Center 1831 Melrose Ave., Multi-Purpose Room.
March 2, 2019, 10am
160th Anniversary of the Weeping Time auction, Butler Plantation estates, Darien, Ga.
Reading of The Weeping Time and Q and A
2pm Laying of New marker, The Weeping Time
March 8, 2019 at 5pm
International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora Conference
“The Global dimensions of the Gullah Geechee community of The Weeping Time”
Coastal Carolina University, South Carolina
Edwards Building, Conway, SC
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