ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - A new digital Resistance Trail spanning more than six Southwest Georgia counties reveals that Albany was the site of the second-largest single sale of enslaved Africans in U.S.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Before it is erased: The race to preserve ‘Weeping Time’ slave sale site
Before it is erased: The race to preserve ‘Weeping Time’ slave sale site
MSN: ‘Sold on the courthouse steps and now running the government.’ Albany was home to second-largest slave sale in US history, new digital trail reveals
‘Sold on the courthouse steps and now running the government.’ Albany was home to second-largest slave sale in US history, new digital trail reveals
SAVANNAH — Local advocates are trying to ensure the memory of the sale of more than 400 enslaved Africans in Savannah over two rain-soaked days is not forgotten. On March 2 and 3, 1859, at the Ten ...
The Washington Post: 436 people were put up for sale here. Will the site now be sold or saved?
436 people were put up for sale here. Will the site now be sold or saved?
The place where the clearance sale took place is now a drab industrial area on the west side of Savannah, Georgia, hemmed in by railroad tracks and an interstate freeway. But over two days in March ...
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