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The Weeping Time Auction
- When
- March 2-3, 1859
- Where
- Ten Broeck Race Course
Approximately 436 enslaved people from the Butler estate were sold over two days at Ten Broeck Race Course near Savannah.
The auction was held on March 2 and 3, 1859, at Ten Broeck Race Course. It involved the sale of men, women, children, and infants. The event was prompted by Butler's financial losses in the Panic of 1857 and was advertised in Savannah newspapers.
Sources
- Great Slave Auction Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-20
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