Day of Tears by Julius Lester J LES—When Georgia plantation owner Pierce Butler finds that he desperately needs to pay off his gambling debts, he raises money by selling off over 400 slaves from his plantation, resulting in the largest slave auction on US soil. Told from the viewpoint of many people -- slaves and owners, young and old, before, during and after slavery – and based on real plantation owner Pierce Butler and his huge 1859 historic slave auction, this novel is an emotional account of a dark time in American history.
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