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A review by nvsahota
The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History by Anne C. Bailey
4.0
This was a harrowing but important read. It focuses on the largest slave auction that took place in America, an event that I was wholly ignorant about. Anne C. Bailey does an incredible job portraying this specific incident and zooming out to provide a thought provoking commentary on the slave experience in America as a whole.
One of the things I found so fascinating was the present day interviews with the actual living descendants of the auctioned slaves. There is a section in the book where Bailey describes memory has something that can be inherited throughout the generations. I have never thought about memory like this so it was an interesting perspective.
One of the things I found so fascinating was the present day interviews with the actual living descendants of the auctioned slaves. There is a section in the book where Bailey describes memory has something that can be inherited throughout the generations. I have never thought about memory like this so it was an interesting perspective.