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GA SR882
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/4/2020
Primary Sponsor
Lester Jackson
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AI Summary
- Commends the Weeping Time Commemoration Committee and recognizes the first weekend in March as "The Weeping Time Weekend"
- Commemorates the Weeping Time, which took place on March 2–3, 1859, in the West Savannah neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia, where 429 enslaved men, women, and children were sold at the Ten Broeck racecourse — the largest recorded slave auction in U.S. history
- Enslaved people sold at the auction were brought from Butler Island near Darien, Georgia, and the Hampton Plantation on St. Simons Island, Georgia
- The Weeping Time Commemoration Committee includes organizations such as the Organization to Commemorate Enslaved African Americans Inc., the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, the Georgia Historical Society, and former Savannah Mayor Dr. Otis S. Johnson, among others
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute a copy of the resolution to the Weeping Time Commemoration Committee
Legislative Description
Weeping Time Commemoration Committee; commend
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
3/4/2020
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