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(New Orleans, LA)The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette (St. Joseph, MO)The St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, MO)The St. Louis Republican (St. Louis, MO)The Star and Enterprise (Newville, PA)The Star of Zion (Charlotte, NC)The Stark County Democrat (Canton, OH)The State Capital (Springfield, IL)The State Journal (Jefferson City, MO)The Statesman (Denver, CO)The Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA)The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)The True Southerner (Hampton, VA)The Twice-a-Week Independent (Coffeyville, KS)The Union Flag (Jonesborough, TN)The Vicksburg Daily Herald (Vicksburg, MS)The Washington Bee (Washington, DC)The Washington Times (Washington, DC)The Weekly American Union (Chattanooga, TN)The Weekly Call (Topeka, KS)The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)The Weekly Floridian (Tallahassee, FL)The Weekly Louisianan (New Orleans, LA)The Weekly Louisianian (New Orleans, LA)The Weekly Mississippi Pilot (Jackson, MS)The Weekly Star (Wilmington, NC)The Western Appeal/The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, VA)The Wilmington Herald (Wilmington, NC)The Wilson Advance (Wilson, NC)Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Times-Promoter (Hernando, MS)Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS)Topeka Tribune (Topeka, KS)Topeka Weekly Leader (Topeka, KS)Topeka Weekly Times (Topeka, KS)True Southerner (Hampton, VA)Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, CA)Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, AL)Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) [Ad copied from the Zion Church Advocate, published in Washington, DC, with commentary by the editor of the Vermont Phoenix]Vermont Telegraph (Brandon, VT)Washington Bee (Washington, DC)Washington Times (Washington, DC)Weekly Avalanche (Memphis, TN)Weekly Journal (Mercersburg, PA)Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)Western Appeal (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL)Yazoo City Herald (Yazoo City, MS) Tags African Methodist Episcopal ChurchAndersonville Prisonantebellum adArmy Hospitalarmy substituteattorneyaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate CongressConfederate RaidsConfederate States Armycontrabandsconvictedcustodydebtdeceaseddesertion (spousal)desertions (Civil War)doctors (African American)dowrydying wishemancipationemigrationEnoch Ardenenslaver looking for former slaveescapedescaped from jailestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfoundfraternal groupsfree people of colorfreedfreedom suitsFreemasonsgrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outIndian TerritoryIndian WarsinheritancekidnappingKnights of Pythiasleft with Union Armyletter to the editorliteracymanumittedmaritime workMasonic LodgeMasonsmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministersministers please readmissing person(s)missionarymultiple admultiple adsmutual searchNative Americansnephewnewspaper replynorthern 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Leerunawaysailorsearching for former enslaverself-emancipationself-purchaseSherman's Armysibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersoldsold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolensuicideU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored CavalryU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored TroopsU. S. Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroaduntranscribedveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Diana Johnson searching for information about her parents and siblings The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, NY) January 16, 1900 Pending Reviewi Diana Johnson searching for her relations The Buffalo Review (Buffalo, NY) January 17, 1900 Pending Reviewi Diana Johnson searching for lost relatives The Daily Journal (Freeport, IL) January 18, 1900 Pending Reviewi Diana Johnson searching for lost relatives Fremont Semi-Weekly Herald (Fremont, NE) January 19, 1900 Pending Reviewi Diana Johnson searching for lost relatives Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, IL) January 18, 1900 Pending Reviewi Diana Johnson searching for information about her parents and siblings Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY) January 16, 1900 Pending Reviewi Susan Anderson received letters from Alex Johnson and Charles Braxton Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) August 11, 1894 Pending Reviewi Jane Horton searching for mother Louisa Banks The Southern Letter (Tuskegee, AL) September 1893 Pending Reviewi Peyton Hemingway finds wife remarried The Wilson Advance (Wilson, NC) May 2, 1884 Pending Reviewi Thomas Jones returns after suddenly disappearing The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA) November 18, 1908 Pending Reviewi Unnamed man finds wife remarried The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, MO) July 10, 1881 Pending Reviewi Aunt Sophia reunites with George Duncan The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, MO) Pending Reviewi Emanuel Brooks finds wife remarried The Kansas City Globe (Kansas City, KS) April 11, 1907 Pending Reviewi Pink Smith finds wife remarried The Columbia Record (Columbia, SC) August 16, 1910 Pending Reviewi Unnamed woman returns to find husband remarried St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO) January 23, 1885 Pending Reviewi Robert Jones finds wife remarried St. Joseph Gazette (St. Joseph, MO) October 15, 1909 Pending Reviewi Unnamed woman finds husband remarried Springfield Globe-Republic (Springfield, OH) February 24, 1885 Pending Reviewi Frank Tilghman reunited with remarried wife The Morning News (Savannah, GA) September 28, 1881 Pending Reviewi Savannah Harris finds husband remarried to Viola Jackson Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV) October 11, 1911 Pending Reviewi Ishmael S. Dennis finds wife remarried Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, PA) November 30, 1889 Pending Reviewi Unnamed Preacher Reunited with Daughter Bucyrus Journal (Bucyrus, OH) September 16, 1881 Pending Reviewi Former unnamed couple reunites and remarries Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, CA) November 8, 1878 Pending Reviewi Bud McGee finds wife remarried Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS) February 26, 1904 Pending Reviewi John H. Jones reunites with wife Elizabeth Matthews The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, VA) February 11, 1878 Pending Reviewi Mrs. Jackson reunites with first husband The Redwood Gazette (Redwood Falls, MN) January 24, 1878 Pending Reviewi of 86
