SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Land formally at the center of a legal fight is now up for sale in Savannah.

The Weeping Time is where historians say more than 400 slaves were sold back in 1859.

SEE: Remembering The Weeping Time: the largest slave sale in Georgia history

It’s been an ongoing conversation for years about how community groups here can preserve the history of the Weeping Time.

This property in Savannah now being on the market is bringing that conversation to light once again.

“I grew up playing dodgeball, hide and go seek all in this area,” said Larry Gordon, President, Weeping Time Coalition Community Group.

It’s where Pastor Larry Gordon says he spent his childhood.

“436 slaves was on the auction block to settle a man’s debt,” said Gordon.

That time period in 1859 is known

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