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History lost as Butler Island home goes up in flames

Flames tear through the historic Huston House on Butler Island, just outside of Darien. Butler Island is connected to “The Weeping Time,” one of the largest sales of enslaved people in American history. Photo by Lewis Levine

Huston House on Butler Island — Flames tear through the historic Huston House on Butler Island, just outside of Darien. Butler Island is connected to “The Weeping Time,” one of the largest sales of enslaved people in American history. Photo by Lewis Levine

DARIEN — A fire that consumed a historic home on a McIntosh County property was connected with one of the state’s and nation’s darkest episodes.

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