Apr 11, 2020 | History, Memory, News & Events
Two years ago, I wrote a book called The Weeping Time about the largest slave auction in American history. This experience which the enslaved called The Weeping Time took place in Savannah, Georgia on two fateful days, March 2-3 in 1859. Today, we seem to be...
Feb 23, 2020 | History, Memory
Hello Readers Just sharing with you my recent article in The New York Times Magazine that published last Sunday, February 16, 2020. It was great working with such a wonderful team including photographer Dannielle Bowman and a great editorial team. Thanks too to...
Sep 8, 2019 | History, Memory
This week, thanks to a friend and colleague, I rediscovered Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and her poem on a slave auction. Harper was an African American abolitionist, suffragist, and writer. One part of her biography speaks to me today. In 1859, the same year of the...