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Bailey, Anne C. author.

The weeping time : memory and the largest slave auction in American history / Anne C. Bailey. - New York: Cambrige university press, c2017 - x,197p. 23cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9781107193055 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781316643488 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2017023930

Subjects--Personal Names:
Butler, Pierce,
Butler family. Jr. 1807-1867.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slave trade--Georgia.
Slavery--History--Georgia--19th century.
Slaves--Georgia--Biography.
Plantation life--Georgia.
Plantations--History--Georgia--19th century.
Collective memory--United States.

LC Class. No.: E442 / .B35 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 306.3/6209758