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Amy Morris, aka "Mrs. Frenchy," grew up enslaved in Hancock County, GA, near Sparta, GA. Beginning at age 14, she was sold several times, in Georgia, Mississippi, and Arkansas, before she escaped during the Civil War. Previously, she and her first…

Carnahan meets his brother, Silas, for the first time since the Civil War. They were "slave children in Arkansas and were separated by the war."

She is looking for her son.

J.C. Boone is searching for his old comrades

M.L. Brown is searching for their sister, Mary C. Brown.

Sperrial Peyton Brooks, Omaha, NE, searching for his mother and fifteen siblings. His mother "gave him away to a neighbor to raise." Unclear if his mother was enslaved or free at the time.

William C. Lee, Richmond, VA, searching for Will or William Lee, formerly of Richmond, VA, and his wife, Nellie

Charles Brown, Plattsmouth, Cass County, NE, searching for brother, last heard of near Nashville, TN, ca 1859 or 1860

Mrs. Louis Hargraves (nee Scott), Omaha, NE, searching for mother and siblings. Enslaved on Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Dr. P.C. Kebble, Pittsburg, TX, searching for Kate White. She left Omaha, NE. Parents live in Atchison, KS.

Henry Brown searching for his parents Rebecca and Samuel Brown, and his siblings Samuel, David and Anna.