The Science of A Slave Auction ~ The Weeping Time 1859
In my many years of researching slave ancestry, I’ve heard things spoken in respect to the U.S. Chattel System that literally rendered me speechless.
I’ve heard of slavery being referred to as the salvation of African people. I’ve been told that for the most part, “it” wasn’t that bad. On more than one occasion, I’ve been asked by some [very] confused person, why black people can’t just get over “it” and instructed to look at the Jewish community as an example of formerly oppressed people who have “moved on”.
I have yet to be persuaded that Slavery was anything but a cruel, violent atrocity of an unimaginable evil.
If there remains ANY doubt in you, as to the truly evil nature of slavery, I invite you to take a moment to read the 1859 New York Tribune report of The Weeping Time — the largest reported slave auction in U.S. History, when Pierce Butler (Pierce and Frances Kemble Butler, pictured foreground left) sold 436 men, women and children at Savannah’s Ten Broeck Race Course.
Take your time — read the first-hand account thoroughly. Hover over the names and stories and then imagine they represent your mother, father, siblings and family.
Indeed, it was and remains a time for weeping.
Lest we forget… The Weeping Time.
Luckie.
[Image Source: DeGraft-Hanson, Kwesi | Pierce Butler (JPG) | Southern Spaces, published 18 Feb 2010.]
Luckie Daniels of 
Luckie,
There is no such thing as a kind slave master.
I am a descendant of one of the families sold during “The Weeping Time.” Kate’s John and Betsey were my maternal grandmother’s paternal grandparents.