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Great Slave Auction

1859 in Georgia (U.S. state)African-American history in Savannah, GeorgiaHistory of auctionsHistory of slavery in Georgia (U.S. state)Human commodity auctions
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Pierce Mease Butler and Frances Kemble Butler
Pierce Mease Butler and Frances Kemble Butler

The Great Slave Auction (also called the Weeping Time) was an auction of enslaved Africans held at Ten Broeck Race Course, near Savannah, Georgia, United States, on March 2 and 3, 1859. Slaveholder and absentee plantation owner Pierce Mease Butler authorized the sale of approximately 436 men, women, children, and infants to be sold over the course of two days. The sale's proceeds went to satisfy Butler's significant debt, much from gambling. The auction was the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history.

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