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Author Bailey, Anne C. (Anne Caroline), author.

Title The weeping time : memory and the largest slave auction in American history / Anne C. Bailey.

Publication Info. ©2017
New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  793.0946 BAI    Storage
Description x, 197 pages : illustrations, map, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "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. Bailey weaves together a narrative that brings the auction to life. Demonstrating the resilience of African American families, she includes interviews from the living descendants of slaves sold on the auction block, showing how the memories of slavery have shaped people's lives today. Using the auction as the focal point, The Weeping Time is a compelling and nuanced narrative of one of the most pivotal eras in American history, and how its legacy persists today"--Publisher.
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.
Subject Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
Plantations -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
Collective memory. (OCoLC)fst01739814
Slave trade -- Georgia.
Georgia. (OCoLC)fst01204622
Plantations. (OCoLC)fst01065800
Plantation life -- Georgia.
Enslaved persons. (OCoLC)fst01120522
Local Subject Trafficking in enslaved persons -- Georgia.
Subject Butler family.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Slave trade. (OCoLC)fst01120405
Collective memory -- United States.
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Subject Plantation life. (OCoLC)fst01065779
Slavery -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved persons -- Georgia -- Biography.
Butler, Pierce, Jr., 1807-1867.
ISBN 9781107193055 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1107193052 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9781316643488 (paperback alkaline paper)
1316643484 (paperback alkaline paper)
Standard No. 40027648080
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