Weeping Time - Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History

This book traces the lives of slaves before, during, and after the largest slave auction in US history in 1859.

List of contents

Part I. The Breach: 1. The weeping time; 2. The auction and American history; Part II. Linked Fates: 3. Pierce Butler and his grandfather's legacy; 4. Mr. and Mrs. Butler; 5. More than 'hands': African rhythms and work on the Butler plantations; 6. Faith on the Butler estates; 7. A family divided; a nation divided; Part III. Healing the Breach: 8. Reconstruction and reconnecting threads; 9. Out of the silence: descendants restore family names; Epilogue: History and the democratization of memory; Appendix; Index.

About the author

Anne C. Bailey is an Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Summary

Drawing on victims' accounts and descendants' memories, The Weeping Time uses the largest slave auction in US history as a lens to explore the legacies of diaspora, slavery, and the Civil War.

Product details

• Authors: Anne C. Bailey, Anne C. (Binghamton University Bailey, Bailey Anne C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781107193055
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19305-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, c 1800 to c 1900, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, HISTORY / African American & Black