The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History Free Audiobook Download by Anne C. Bailey

The Weeping Time is a nonfiction book that tells the story of the largest slave auction in American history. The narrator, Anne C. Bailey, is a professor at Western Kentucky University who has written about slavery for over thirty years. She uses her extensive knowledge of the subject to provide an extensive and thorough narrative on the history of slavery, from its beginnings all the way up to its end.

The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History is a story of memory, history, and the Atlantic slave trade. It takes the reader on a journey through time to tell the tragic stories of some African-American families that were ripped apart due to slavery. The authors seek to fill gaps in America's memory by illuminating the terror faced by those African Americans who were enslaved as they tried to navigate life with new memories and bodies that did not belong to them.

This is a history of the largest slave auction in American history. It happened in New Orleans in 1791, when an estimated 10,000 Africans were sold to Americans. Other slaves were also sold that day, including African Americans and Native Americans. The author tells the story through interviews with those who lived in Louisiana at that time.

Historically, the Atlantic slave trade demanded some 13 million people in its lifetime. And it was a profitable business that made many men and women rich.

Anne C. Bailey explores the largest slave auction in American history, the Weeping Time. The author believes that "the memory of slavery has been haunted by its horrors and the racial divide that it created" but she also suggests that this is not true which gives the book a unique perspective on why slavery still exists today.

In this audiobook, the author recounts the story of her family’s personal history and explains how their ancestors were enslaved in the United States. This is a beautiful memoir narrated by Machelle williams with a touch of sadness that makes it extremely powerful.