Books are sold at the Midway Museum’s bookstore (same hours as the Museum). Because this is a unique selection, and many of the books are no longer easily findable on the market, prices and availability vary. To order books sent to you, call the Museum during business hours at 912-884-5837 or use our book list (here) to send an inquiry email to our staff.
Major Butler’s Legacy: Five Generations of a Slaveholding Family (by Malcolm Bell)
The Butler family, which owned plantations on Butler’s Island in McIntosh County and on St. Simons Island, played a prominent role in coastal Georgia history from pre-Revolution days, and is closely intertwined with the story of African American enslavement there. History Malcolm Bell examines their role, from Major Pierce Butler’s political role in preserving slavery post-Revolution to his grandson Pierce Butler’s financial ruin and 1859 sale of his enslaved people in “The Weeping Time,” the largest auction of enslaved people in the United States.
