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Savannah gathers virtually to commemorate The Weeping Time Savannah gathers virtually to commemorate The Weeping Time By Amanda Aguilar | March 6, 2021 at 11:53 PM EST - Updated March 7 at 12:26 AM SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s a dark, but meaningful point in Southeast Georgia’s history — The Weeping Time. It was a two-day-long sale of enslaved people which happened in Savannah back in 1859. On Saturday, a ceremony remembering The Weeping Time was held virtually, a way to honor the 436 enslaved people sold. “We come to this space and place to commemorate what happened 162 years ago.” A virtual ceremony, remembering the largest slave auction in the United States.

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