Butler Island Plantation

Major Butler’s Legacy: Five Generations of a Slaveholding Family by Malcolm Bell - references the infant born on February 14th and sold with her family at the sale on March 2 - 3, 1859.

The Weeping Time 2023 Commemoration - March 2nd - March 5th in Savannah and Darien Georgia

Kiplyn Primus is interviewed by Rob Maynard about her relationship to The Weeping Time Story which she first covered in 2016. Primus has gone from interviewer to participant after learning about her connection to the event.

The Butler Island Plantation is located in Darien, Georgia. This was one of the largest plantations in the state with over 900 enslaved humans. In 1859 over half of those enslaved here were sold during The Weeping TIme. the largest sale of enslaved humans every recorded in North America.

Butler Island Plantation Day is Saturday, October 22

Kiplyn Primus speaks with documentarian and educator Servant Emanuel Branch, founder of Butler Island Plantation Day.

The 2022 Weeping Time Commemoration Taking Place March 4 - 6th

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.

Community Engagement

The Local Take: Keeping Sacred Land Sacred with Dr. Kwesi deGraft Hanson

This week on WCLK's The Local Take I welcome Dr. Kwesi deGraft Hanson to talk about keeping sacred lands sacred. Developers planned to turn Coastal…

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The Local Take: History, Race, and Georgia HB906 with Hermina Glass Hill

This week on WCLK's The Local Take I asked historian Hermina Glass Hill to share with us information about HB 906 which will allow the sale of a portion…

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Black History Month On The Local Take: The Weeping Time

Saturday morning, February 13 at 7:00 a.m. on The Local Take, Jazz 91.9 WCLK, I speak with Dr. Kwesi DeGraft-Hanson about his research into The Weeping…