TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bailey,Anne C.
TI  - The weeping time: memory and the largest slave auction in American history 
SN  - 9781108140393 (ebook)
AV  - E442 .B19 2017
U1  - 306.3/6209758 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Butler, Pierce,
KW  - Butler family.
KW  - Slave trade
KW  - Georgia
KW  - Slavery
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Biography
KW  - Plantation life
KW  - Plantations
KW  - Collective memory
KW  - United States
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Oct 2017); The breach -- The weeping time -- The auction and its meaning -- 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 -- Healing the breach -- Reconstruction and reconnecting threads -- Out of the silence: descendants restore family names -- Epilogue: History and the democratization of memory
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108140393
ER  -