The Weeping Time Commemoration

Sheila Pree Bright and her photograph of the 75-foot chimney of the steam-powered rice mill, built in 1833, and a nearby kiln from the Smithsonian magazine. The Weeping Time annual commemoration takes place February 27th - March 1st, 2025 in Darien and Savannah, Georgia.

Sheila Pree Bright Photographs Butler Island for the Smithsonian Magazine

Kiplyn Prinus speaks with fine art photographer Sheila Pree Bright about her work in the January/February edition of the Smithsonian Magazine.

Dr. Bertice Berry former professor, talk show host, and comedian, will keynote The Weeping Time Commemoration on March 1st in Savannah at Otis J. Brock, III Elementary School in Savannah.

Dr. Bertice Berry Keynotes The Weeping Time Commemoration in Savannah March 1st

Kiplyn Primus speaks with Dr. Bertice Berry the keynote speaker for The Weeping Time Commemoration in Savannah on March 1st at Otis J. Brock, III Elementary School.

James Beard Nominee and New York Times profiled Chefarmer Matthew Raiford caters Food As Commemoration for the 165th Anniversary of The Weeping Time Commemoration on Friday, March 1st at the Beach Institute in Savannah.

Chefarmer Matthew Raiford - Food As Commemoration March 1st at the Beach Institute in Savannah

Kiplyn Primus spoke to Chef Matthew Raiford, who is catering the Food as Commemoration Luncheon on March 1st in Savannah at the Beach Institute.

Kiplyn Primus, Janice Roots, and Savannah Mayor Van Johson at the Augusta Avenue historical marker ceremony in 2023. Janice Roots has traced her genealogy to The Weeping Time.

Janice Roots: A Descendant of The Weeping Time Discusses her Genealogical Journey Connecting Her to Enslaved and Enslavers

Kiplyn Primus discusses The Weeping Time with descendant Janice Roots. Her genealogical journey has connected her to the enslaved and the enslavers.

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…