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The Great Slave Auction (also called the Weeping Time) was an auction of enslaved Americans of African descent held at Ten Broeck Race Course, near Savannah, Georgia, United States, on March 2 and 3, 1859.
Over two days in 1859, on what was then the site of the Savannah Ten Broeck Race Course, 436 enslaved people were sold – the largest slave auction in history.
28 de ene. de 2019 · The Great Slave Auction. In 1859, 429 human beings were put up on the block. by Peter Carlson 1/28/2019. Woodcut of a Virginia slave auction illustrates the heartbreaking scene of a family for sale, perhaps to be separated forever. (North Wind Picture Archive/Alamy Stock Photo) Share This Article.
16 de jun. de 2023 · A Charleston resident and graduate student of history made a stunning discovery: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified.
29 de abr. de 2018 · Slave auctions were long a part of the fabric of American life, but on the eve of the Civil War, this unprecedented sale was noteworthy not only for its size but because of the fact that the...
- Anne C. Bailey
29 de feb. de 2020 · Four hundred and thirty-six men, women and children — including 30 babies — were put on the auction block in Savannah, Ga., in what became known as the largest slave sale in American history.
25 de abr. de 2024 · The slave auction was the epitome of slavery's dehumanization. Enslaved people were sold to the person who bid the most money, and family members were often split-up.
