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    • Dowry identifies ads in which one of the parties was "given" to a bride or her husband as a wedding "gift." A dowry is an amount provided by the bride's family to the groom at the time of marriage; in the American South, these financial transactions often included the transferal of enslaved people as "property."

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Lucinda Pillow (formerly Lucinda Hargrave) searching for her siblings George and Fannie Hargrave

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

January 26, 1895

I would like to find my brother and sister,
George Hargrave and Fannie Hargrave. My
name was Lucinda Hardgrave; our mother Allie
Hargrave. Brother, Robert Hargrave, and a
white girl by name of Martha Hargrave were
drowned at Mitchell's Mill and were buried at
Limestone church. My brother and sister be-
longed [belonged] to Bill…

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Harriet Sherrill (formerly Harriet Clarke) searching for her mother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 6, 1883

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire
for my mother, who belonged to
Henry Harper. Her brother was
called Hill. She married Hall. Col
lins [Collins] was my step brother; brother
was Ed. Williams. There were
three girls and I was the oldest—
Violent, Minnie, and myself, Har
riet [Harriet]. I left her when about 12
years old, a half mile…

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Clarissa, [last name unknown] searching for her parents and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 23, 1885

Mr. Editor—I wish to inquire
for my lost friends, father and
mother, sisters and brothers. My
father's name was Zeales Butler;
my mother's name was Mariah
Winkfield; she married Zeales But-
ler, and she fell to Dr. Johnnie
Winkfield, who married Caroline
Gypson. My name was Clarissa; I
fell to a Methodist preacher then
known as Lucius…

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Margaret Young reunited with her son Dowen Young

Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)

January 1, 1898

FINDS LONG LOST SON
DOWEN YOUNG MEETS HIS MOTHER AFTER 36 YEARS

A Mother Sold and Separated From her Family in 1861, Found and Presented to her Son as a Christmas gift in 1897.

The happiest Christmas in all the great city of Chicago was, at the modest home of Dowen Young, No. 3142 Fifth avenue. It was a reunion of a mother and son torn apart…

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Alford Woodson searching for his brother Robert Woodson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 9, 1886

MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my brother; his name is Robert Woodson. He first belonged to William Cunningham, better known as old [undecipherable] Cunningham, Litchfield, Grayson county, Ky. He was then given to his son in law, Fydeler Lucas, at Bowling Green, Ky., and then sold to Robert Burman, in Bowling Green, Ky., and then went to…

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Samuel H. Foulks and Mary Elizabeth Foulks searching for Martha Jane Miller

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 11, 1886

MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire
for Martha Jane Miller, who was
originally from Nottaway county,
Virginia, and when heard from
about six years ago was living at
Lafourche, on Utopia plantation.
Her mother was named Amy, and
she belonged to a family by the
name of Hyde. Miss Hyde married
Mr. P. J. Foulk, and mother Amy,
one…

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Mary Piggue (formerly Mary Kirk) searching for her mother Violet, brothers Thomas and Patrick Henry, and sisters Julia, Hannah and Maria

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 31, 1883

MR. EDITOR: - I wish to inquire
for my folks. About 30 years ago
they left McElmasville, Tenn. I
belonged to Anderson H. Smith,
and his daughter married William
Kirk. My owner gave me to Kirk.
I have two brothers, Thomas and
Patrick Henry; they belonged to
Albert and Jack Faulch; three
sisters, Julia, Hannah and Maria.
We were…

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Ed Kneeright searching for his grandmother Lucy Walter and her children Rachel, Cherry, and Sam Walter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 17, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire
for my grandmother and children.
We belonged to Mrs. Peggy Achili.
She lived in South Carolina, Wins-
borough [Winsborough] county; my mother died
there when I was three weeks old.
Mrs. Achilli moved us to Missis-
sippi [Mississippi], and stopped in Yallabusha
county. I was there until I was 12…

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Dave Stewart searching for his relatives and his wife's relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 1, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire informa-
tion [information] of my relatives, and also of my
wife's relatives. My mother's name
was Susan Dickison. When I last
saw her she went by her husband's
name, as she was set free. The
children were scattered very much.
My sister belonged to Currage
Baker, her name was Jane Baker,
her husband's name was…

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Lucinda Singletery searching for her unnamed mother and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 1, 1882

MR EDITOR -- I wish to find
where mother, brothers and sisters
are. I left mother in Eastern Texas.
When I last heard of her she
was living with a man that bought
her, named Campbell. Mother had
five children when I left her -- one
boy Joe, four girls. The oldest was
Julia Ann Burns. Maria was given
to a man who married in the…

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A. D. Coleman searching for his brother Anderson Turner and daughter Lucy Turner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to know
the whereabouts of my people, 1st.
Brother Anderson Turner and his
wife Delilia, children, Henrietta
and John Turner, his mother was
Edith who went to Mark Alexander
by marriage, his wife father
name was Philip and her mother
Sarah. 2d. My daughter Lucy
Turner was sold to James Turner,
her…

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Mrs. Jane Turner seeking information about father Lathern and siblings Mary Boyd, Mahala Lathern, and an unnamed brother

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 10, 1881

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY FA-
ther, sisters and brothers. My brother
and father belonged to James Lathern, but
by marriage they fell into the family of the
Hartisons, and afterwards were sold to
Abram Newberry, and from Newberry he
was sold to George Turner in Washington,
North Carolina. My father was known by
the name of Lathern, the…

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Susan Williamson seeking information about Mary Fellder [Fielder?]

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 2, 1878

INFORMATION WANTED OF MARY
Fellder, who was born in Jackson Co.,
Ga. She was the daughter of Ben and Susan
Williamson, who were the property of Adam
Williamson. She was given by said Adam
Williamson to his daughter; who married a
Mr. Fielder; he left Atworth, Georgia, the
first year of the surrender. Any information
forwarded to the mother…

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Mary Delaney looking for information about her mother Sicler Finley and unnamed siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 17, 1902

Information wanted of my peo-
ple. My mother was sold from me
when I could but crawl. She be-
longed to Jim Finley in Dade Co.,
Mo. I had two sisters and two
brothers Mother's name was
Sicler Finley. When sold she was
taken to Arkansaw. At the age of
three years Jim Finley's father gave
me to Dave Long's wife. I never
saw any of my…

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A. R. Rimawr seeking information about grandparents Randel and Rilda Rankins and extended family

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 15, 1900

Information wanted of my grand
father, grandmother, uncle and
aunts. My grandmother name was
Rilda Rankins and grandfather's
name was Randel Rankins, they be
longed to David Rankins, they lived
in Jasper, Tenn., Marion Co.,
when my mother left them, she
had a brother by the name of John
Rankins, now M. C. Wells. I
have been recently…

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