Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery

Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery / Heather Andrea Williams.

"After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant 'information wanted' advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide...

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Main Author: Williams, Heather Andrea (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:
Slavery > Social aspects > United States > History.
African American families > History.
Enslaved persons > Family relationships > United States > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African American families
Slavery > Social aspects
Enslaved persons > Family relationships
Schwarze
Familie
Sklaverei
Trennung
Slaveri > sociala aspekter > historia.
Afro-amerikanska familjer > historia.
Slavar > historia.
Familjer > historia.
United States
USA
History
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