165 years ago this week: The largest sale of enslaved people in Georgia takes place, now known as the Weeping Time/the Great Slave Auction; Harriet Tubman purchases land for a family home.
Join me each week (Tuesday) as I spotlight people & events that eventually lead us into the four-year battle. If you'd like to start at the beginning, there is a playlist of all recap videos to-date, starting with January 1, 1859.
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