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Observed annually in March, The Weeping Time refers to the sale of 429 people in 1859 in Savannah — the largest recorded sale of enslaved people in U.S. history.
Kiplyn Primus speaks with Elder Griffin Lotson, a Georgia historian, and he serves as a member of the Federal Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission. We talk about The Weeping Time and the 2022 Commemoration.
“The Weeping Time” is about the largest recorded slave auction in American history that took place in Savannah, Georgia, in 1859.
The Weeping Time Coalition and the City of Savannah met in court on Friday, but confusion over the hearing led to a delay.
Among the historic sites are First African Baptist Church, Owens-Thomas House, Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum and King-Tisdell Cottage.