Statements (18)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:affects |
enslaved African Americans
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Weeping_Time
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy |
historical markers in Savannah, Georgia
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gptkbp:coveredBy |
gptkb:The_New_York_Tribune
gptkb:The_Savannah_Republican |
gptkbp:date |
March 2–3, 1859
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Great Slave Auction
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Savannah,_Georgia,_United_States
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gptkbp:numberOfPeopleSold |
over 400
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gptkbp:organizedBy |
gptkb:Pierce_Mease_Butler
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gptkbp:purpose |
to pay off debts of Pierce Mease Butler
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gptkbp:resultedIn |
families separated
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gptkbp:sells |
gptkb:Joseph_Bryan
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gptkbp:significance |
largest single sale of enslaved people in U.S. history
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gptkbp:weather |
heavy rain
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Pierce_Mease_Butler
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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