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Emancipation refers to people identified as having been freed either by their enslaver prior to the Civil War or via the Thirteenth Amendment after the war (1865).
Rev. James McHenry (formerly James Dewprew) searching for his sister Emaline Dewprew, brother-in-law Oughtaway Johnson, and relatives
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 25, 1889
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to make some inquiry for my relations through our most comendable paper. One sister named Emaline Dewprew was sold to one Daniel Dewprew, her husband was named Oughtaway Johnson. They went from Lexington, Oglethorpe county, Ga., to Memphis, Tenn. William Dewprew also be- longed to Daniel Dewprew. Sarah and Louisa and Larry…
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I. W. Kenscer searching for his brother-in-laws Holing and Philmore Rowe
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 23, 1889
MR. EDITOR: I want to inquire for my brother-in-law who went by the names of Holing Rowe, and the other Philmore Rowe. We formerly belonged to a man by the name of Lanson Rowe in Frankling Co., Tennessee. Our father's name was William Holder. Mother's name was Nancy Rowe. She died in Durcard, Tenn., in the time of the war, shortly after we left…
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Hannah Johnson searching for her parents Susan and Paul
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 21, 1889
DEAR EDITOR—I desire to find my people. Mother's name is Susan, and father's name is Paul. They belonged to John Bull, who was living then in South Carolina near Abbeville courthouse. We were sold to different men; I was sold to a man by the name of Robert with my sister named Cassey. I have five other sisters of whom I have not heard from since…
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Sarah Walker searching for her parents William and Esther Burney
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 14, 1889
MR. EDITOR: I desire to find my people. I lived in Jefferson Co., Fla., and was brought from there by a men named Mr. Jenkins. He brought me from Florida to Texas several years before the Emancipation. My mother and father's names were William and Esther Burney. I left two brothers there by the names of William and Green Burney. I had three…
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Lavinia Carrington seeking her mother Tempy Hall
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 29, 1888
MR. EDITOR—I would like to find my mother; she used to belong to Mrs. Eliza Thompson; her name was Tempy Hall; she was sold from me when I was a little girl; she was sold just before freedom. Her mother was named Binah Hall; her father Jerry Hall. She was sold in Greenville, S. C., by Mrs. Thompson's son, Waddy Thompson. All her relatives live in…
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R. N. Ivy searching for their father
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 19, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I want to find my father. He left us about two years before emancipation. We once belonged to a man named Ben Jvy, near Livingston, Sumpter Co., Ala., next to John T. Smith. I know the old man is old and needs his children to work for him. The oldest was Judy, next Patrick, Ransom, Cora, Peter and Emma Ivy. We are all living in…
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Mr. Ambrose reunited with his family
National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
October 12, 1865
A FAMILY REUNION. HOW AN ESCAPED SLAVE BECAME WEALTHY AND DISCOVERED HIS RELATIVES. A Chicago paper tells the story of the return to the South of an escaped slave, who had amassed wealth in the North, and recently started on a journey to discover his relatives, whom he found in Louisiana. The story is as follows: "A few years ago, a runaway…
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W. H. Jackson searching for his uncle Jonah Hartley
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 7, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of my Uncle Jonah Hartly. Mr. Edwin A. Glover bought him from his first owner, Capt. Hartly, and brought him to Texas. Uncle being very sickly, and unable to work, he sent him back to Alabama, Marengo Co., about one year before emancipation. He left his wife here. Her name is Mary Ann. My mother, Jonah's…
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Mintie Anderson searching for her father Sam Graham, mother Susan Graham, sisters, and brothers
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 9, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make inquiry for my father, mother, sister and brothers, whom I left in Washington, Md., before the emancipation. My father's name was Sam Graham, mother's Susan Graham, brothers' Jimmy and Moses Graham, and sister's Letbia Ann. She was sold after the death of Col. Platers to Perry Lyles. Her mother's name was Mintie Beans,…
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Rev. J. Sella Martin reuniting with unnamed sister, niece, and nephew
National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
September 13, 1862
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James Bailey seeking his brothers and sisters
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 28, 1887
MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my people. I have two sisters and brothers, whose names are Malinda, Sallie, Aaron, Alfred and James Bailey. Our master, John Bailey, brought us from Florida to Texas. I have not seen my people since we were set free. Address James Bailey, Dewese Woods, Liberty county, Texas.
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Mary Jane Minter (Formerly Mary Jane Patton) searching for her brother William Lite Dune
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 11, 1880
MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my brother, William Lite Dune. He and I belonged to the widow Patton in Milligan, Arkansas, and when we were freed I came to Texas. My name was then Mary Jane Patton, but is now Mary Jane Minter. Address me at Phelps, Texas; or in care of Rev. B. M. Taylor, box 109, Huntsville, Texas.
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William Ambrose (formerly Ambrose Brackens) searching for his family
New Orleans Tribune (New Orleans, LA)
August 30, 1865
Circular of Inquiry. TO ALL FRIENDS OF HUMANITY. Chicago, May 18, 1865 Mr. WM. AMBROSE, of the firm of Ambrose & Jackson, Restaurant keepers. 91 Clark street, Chicago, Ill., wishes most earnestly to find the family of his mother, brothers and sisters, and will state the following particulars in his own words: "I was known in Kentucky by…
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Mrs. Malinda Powels searching for her mother, father, and three sisters
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 5, 1884
MR. EDITOR― I wish to find the whereabouts of my mother and father and three sisters. Mother's name was Caroline Dupree, father Alfred; sisters Mary, Zelphia and Rachel. I left them in Alabama near the town of Campelton; we all belonged to Mr. John Dupree; after emancipation mother hired s to a Mr. Bob Echols. We (myself, and brother, Ben…
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Victoria Wright searching for her relatives
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 28, 1884
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to hear of my friends. Father was Jackson Jennings, and he was set free before the war by his owners, and went to Alabama. Sister was a girl about ten years old, and left with her young master, Frank Sloat. When he died her father left her with her grandmother, Fanny Sloat. Her name is now Victoria Wright. Address her at…
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Jack Soules searching for his family including parents Smithee and Charles Soules
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 6, 1882
MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my kin people. Mother's name is Smithie Soules; father's, Charles Soules; oldest brother, Nuppus; oldest sister, Inez. I had brothers Wirt, Ike and George. At 18 years of age I came with James Grace to Jackson county, Texas, and was sold to B. Wildy and remained with him until emancipation. Address me at…
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Amos Wilder (formerly Amos Philgore) seeking information about his brother George Wilder, sisters Jane and Hannah Williford, and several family members
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 25, 1886
MR. EDITOR. ---- I desire to inquire for my people. I left them in Quincy, Florida in 1861, in Gadson county. My oldest brother went by the name of George Wilder; my younger brother belonged to Foreman and Muse; two sisters, the oldest named Jane, she belonged to William and Jessie Wilder, and she was brought from Florida to New Orleans, La., in…
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Celia Johnson searching for her son Toney Roberts (formerly Toney Johnson)
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 15, 1886
MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my son, who left me in Sslma, Ala., in 1873. His name is Toney Roberts. He at one time went by the name of Toney Johnson, but when he came to live with me after the emancipation, I informed him that his father was named Toney Roberts. I suppose he goes by the name of Roberts now. After he came to me from Louisiana…
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Thomas Arthur Everick searching for family including Lewis Everick and his wife Eliza
New National Era (Washington, DC)
March 14, 1872
INFORMATION WANTED,
Concerning Lewis Everick, his wife Eliza, and their children, Mandy Creasey, Hannah, Julia, Rachel, five daughters; and Vincent and Hilliard, two sons; all owned and named after their last master and mistress, Wm. Young and wife Mandy. In 1864, when Emancipation was proclaimed, they then lived three quarters of a mile from…
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Silas Johnson searching for his family including brother Isaac and mother Passion
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 8, 1883
MR. EDITOR:--I wish to inquire for my people, whom I left in Alabama, on the Warsaw river. Oldest brother was Isaac; mother was Passion, and belonged to Loviet Hinds; sister was Martha Hinds, and her husband Joe Hinds. Isaac's wife was Lucy, and he had a son named Silas. I last saw him in Greene county, Alabama. A half-brother, Reuben, belonged to…
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Bettie Ray searching for her brothers Burr, Charles, and Alford and sister Mariah
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 22, 1883
DEAR EDITOR:--I take this means of inquiring for my brothers and a sister from whom I have not heard since the first year of freedom. Our father and mother's names were Elijah and Lucy Patterson. Father died in Paducah, Ky., and mother died sometime since the war, I know not where. The names of my brothers and sister that I wish to inquire for are…
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