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 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Land associated with the largest sale of human beings in the history in the United States is now up for sale in Savannah. The Weeping Time is when historians say more than 400 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Wednesday, the Weeping Time Coalition announced its intent to withdraw from lawsuit against the city of Savannah, the Savannah Housing Authority and the Salvation Army. The ...

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 ...

"In 1859, at the largest recorded slave auction in American history, over 400 men, women, and children were sold by the Butler Plantation estates. This book is one of the first to analyze the ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The 7th Annual Weeping Time Festival will take place Saturday, March 7, 2026, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at The Waterworks Plaza, 1100 Gwinnett St. Organizers say the festival has ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Land formally at the center of a legal fight is now up for sale in Savannah. The Weeping Time is where historians say more than 400 slaves were sold back in 1859. SEE: ...