The Weeping Time

The Local Take - Commemorates the Weeping Time - Savannah Tour

By Kiplyn Primus • Feb 7, 2019

In 2016 we first spoke with Dr. Kwesi deGraft-Hanson about The Weeping Time. This was the largest single sale of humans in American history, which took place in Savannah.  Since then, Dr. deGraft-Hanson has hosted commemoration ceremonies in Atlanta and Savannah. 

The Local Take With Kiplyn Primus: Weeping Time Part 2 * Update

By Kiplyn Primus • Mar 10, 2018

Saturday, March 10 at 8:00 a.m. on Jazz 91.9 WCLK, The Local Take concludes a special two part re-broadcast with an update about The Weeping Time.  Dr. Kwesi DeGraft-Hanson about his ongoing efforts to commemorate the anniversary of the largest recorded single day sale of enslaved humans in the history of the United States.  It happened in Savannah on March 2 - 3, 1859.

The Weeping Time - March 2 - 3, 1859 - Savannah, Georgia

By Kiplyn Primus • Mar 3, 2018

Two years ago I spoke with Dr. Kwesi deGraft -Hanson about his discovery of The Weeping Time.  The Weeping Time refers to the largest documented sell off of enslaved humans ever recorded in North America. It happened in Savannah, Georgia. This weekend marks the 159th Anniversary. Saturday morning at 8:00am on The Local Take We'll revisit that conversation with the first of a two part special edition.

Black History Month On The Local Take: The Weeping Time

By Kiplyn Primus • Feb 13, 2016

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 Time.  Dr. DeGraft-Hanson, a landscape architect who stumbled onto the story of The Weeping Time while exploring and investigating tabby concrete, a building material that uses oyster shells and was used by enslaved people.