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- Tags: debt
Debt appears in ads that reference the sale of an enslaved person to pay for accumulated debts.
Lucy Ann Swann seeking information about her parents Lizzie and Joe Swann
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
January 28, 1897
Information wanted of my peo-
ple, whose names were Lizzie and
Joe Swann. My owner's name
was Billy Fliroy, who married
Mary Clay, for whom I nursed two
children--Clarance and Oscar. My
name was Lucy Ann Swann; I
went by the name of father. I had
two aunts whom I remember, Tabie
Clay and Maria Clay, belonging to
John Clay. Bill Fliroy…
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Francis Sanders searching for their parents Eliza and Harry Cole and several siblings
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
August 18, 1881
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY RELA-
tives. My father's name is Henry Cole
man; mother's name, Eliza; my sisters'
names, Sealy, Hannah, Caroline and Eliza-
beth. My name is Francis. My mother
has more children younger than me, two
boys and one girl. I do not know their
names. We all belonged to Joseph Arthur.
He got broke, and my mother and all…
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Mealia Williams searching for information about her parents Elizabeth and David Foster and several siblings
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
March 23, 1882
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY FA-
ther and mother, brothers and sisters.
They belonged to a man by the name of
Colier Foster, who lived in Phacith, Ga.,
Monroe county. My father and mother
were David and Elizabeth Foster. They
had at that time eleven children, five of
whom were dead, viz., George, Ellen, Thom
as, Phillip and Hannibal. Those…
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A. Clark seeking information about Mrs. Millie Dukes
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 25, 1895
Information wanted of Mrs. Mil-
lie Dukes. Her owner was Paten
Dukes; he lived in Graudville
county, Ockford P. O. Her moth-
er's name was Mary Dukes and her
sister's name was Elizabeth. Her
uncle's name was Anderson Dukes.
Mrs. Millie was sold at her boss'
store at sheriff sale to Bob Morris
A. Clark.
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W. H. Pitzer searching for his sister Miss Maud Pitzer
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
May 1, 1896
AN IOWA GIRL IS LOST.
Pretty Maud Pitzer, of Silver City,
Disappears in Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb., April 29. — W. H. Pitzer,
of Silver City, Ia., has been in the city
for several days in search of his sister,
Miss Maud Pitzer, aged 21. Pitzer
says his sister was a teacher in the
schools at Hillsdale, Ia., until Monday,
April 20, when she…
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Amy Frances Ushley Jordan (or Amy Butler) seeking her parents Henry and Nancy Draper
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 26, 1887
MR. EDITOR—Amy Frances Ushley Jordan wishes information of her father, mother, brothers and sister. Father's name was Henry Draper, Mother's was Nancy Draper, brothers Charles, Henry and Archie Jordan, sister Louisa Jordan. With brother Charles Jordan I left near Lamar, Miss. I was 10 years old when sold to one Mr. Redman, a Negro speculator, for…
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Julius McCarter searching for his father Julius Dickerson, mother Cholra McKnight, and siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 8, 1888
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my people, whom I have not seen since before the war. Father was named Julius Dickerson, as well as I can remember. Mother was named Chlora McKnight. They both belonged to different owners and they went by their names. Father stuttered a great deal while talking. The man who owned my mother used to drink…
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Mrs. Lilley Louis searching for her mother Rose Arthage and brother Prince Arthage
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 19, 1880
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my mother, Rose Arthage, and my brother, Prince Arthage. I left them in Lannsboro or Heangesville, Ala. Mother was taken by Mr. Arthage for debts, and I was sold to Mr. Thadeas Mather. Mother had eight children—Silas, Hannah, Barbara, Lucy, Charlotte, Fannie, Lilley and Prince. Address me at Galveston, Texas, in…
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Caroline Hogan (formerly Caroline Brown) looking for her father Isaac Jimerson, her mother Peggy Brown, and her siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 14, 1881
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my people. I was raised in Albermarle county, Virginia. I belonged to Clifton Brown, a Methodist preacher. After one of the daughters married a Mr. Teril my old boss gave me to them. So Teril, by way of debt, sold me to a speculator in Charlottesville, Va. I was sold again and brought to Mississippi, where I…
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C. G. Dunham searching for his mother Ann Elizabeth Garrison (formerly Eliza Wells)
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 9, 1889
MR. EDITOR: In glancing over the columns of your paper I find that you are very successful in finding lost relatives, so I thought I would get you to inquire for my mother's relations. Her name is Ann Elizabeth Garrison. She came from Winchester, Va., and belonged to a man by the name of Stewart Grant. He got broke and we were sold at auction. My…
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J. A. Dunigan seeking their mother Margaret and brother Bennie
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 2, 1888
DEAR EDITOR: --I wish to inquire for my people whom I left in Charleston, S. C. Left a mother and one brother, which was the baby, by the name of Bennie. My mother is named Margaret, and belonged to a man by the name of W. M. McCree, which was her name when we were taken away from her. She had six children: three boys and three girls; Charlotte,…
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Pastor L. M. Hagood seeking the family of church member
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
December 8, 1877
MR. EDITOR— I herewith send a notice hunting for the kin people of a member of my church here. He was born near Lebanon Tenn., and lived on a farm not far from Lebanon. He thinks his mother's name was Caroline and that he had a twin brother. When three years of age he was sold to pay a debt. He was put in jail at the above named place. When he was…
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