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 ...

The sale would thereafter be known as "the weeping time." The owner of the slaves, Pierce Butler, had inherited the family's Georgia plantations some twenty years earlier, along with his brother John.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - An abrupt end to a yearslong legal fight over a west Savannah property where some believe the largest ...

You may remember that the Weeping Time was one of the largest slave sales in U-S history. We’ll be following the preservation efforts - as they continue.