Commemorations begin for The Weeping Time, the largest slave sale in Georgia history wtoc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtoc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Until recently, The Weeping Time had the distinction of being the largest documented sale of enslaved individuals in American history. That distinction has been challenged by a recent finding.
Until recently, The Weeping Time had the distinction of being the largest documented sale of enslaved individuals in American history. That distinction has been challenged by a recent finding.
Observed annually in March, The Weeping Time refers to the sale of 429 people in 1859 in Savannah the largest recorded sale of enslaved people in U.S. history.