Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3469
Points per Word
0.000288
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
We the People
Description
In March 1859, in Savannah, Georgia, hundreds of slaves had been brought for auction. In all, 436 slaves were sold, making it the largest sale of human beings in the history of the United States and event worthy of the name the "Weeping Time."