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In March 1859, planter Pierce Butler sold about 436 enslaved men, women, and children at a Savannah racetrack to settle debts, tearing apart families in the largest such sale in Georgia history, remembered as the Weeping Time.
Historical Marker
Largest Slave Sale in Georgia History
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About this site
Largest Slave Sale in Georgia History is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2008. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0872, -81.1251 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Moses J. Jackson (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Jasper Spring, Hudson Hill, and First Schools in West Savannah.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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