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Unnamed father and son reunited

National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)

August 9, 1862

A Strange Incident.—Six years ago, a young black man in Maryland, tired of being a slave, took advantage of a propitious night, and ran away to Canada. On sending back an occasional message to his aged father, who remained behind in bonds, he found means, for some time, of procuring answers, until at length no more answers came. Then for five…

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W. J. Deboe searching for his father Lewis Pearce and relatives

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

September 14, 1901

Do You Know Them?I desire to know the whereabouts of my father and relatives. His name was Lewis Pearce. He was sold to a Negro trader down South, but refused to go and ran away to Canada.I was only two weeks old and one week later, my mother, Patsy Crider died and my grand mother, Katy Crid-er [Crider] raised me to 9 years of age and she…

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Rev. Cornelius Thompson seeking his relatives, including Annie Elza and Elza Annie

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 20, 1899

An Inquiry Notice.Rev. Cornelius Thompson, once the servant of Dr. Thomas Garnett, who owned the John George farm on the north-east side of Chickahominy swamp in New Kent Co., wishes to find relatives. The farm joining on the south-west side of this swamp be-longing [belonging] to Ned Bradley. He frequent-ly [frequently] visited there, and took…

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Mrs. Ellen Craft finds her mother

National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)

August 12, 1865

ELLEN CRAFT AND HER MOTHER NEW YORK, July 31, 1865. To the Editor of the Standard: THE following autograph letter from Maj.-Gen. Wilson was elicited by an enquiry in behalf of Ellen Craft, now resident in England, for her mother, one of the redeemed from out of the house of bondage. The good will and courtesy of the General need no commendation…

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Rev. J. A. Fullerton seeking the relatives of Rev. Thomas Wilson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 1, 1882

We clip the following from the Western Christian Advocate: "Can any one give information concerning a Rev. Thos. Wilson, now deceased, but supposed by his friends to have resided in or near Cincinnati? Can any one give information, also, whether the said Wilson had a wife living at the time of his death? Information is now sought by persons in…

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Charles Edward Hudson searching for his father Richard Hudson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 14, 1889

Mr. Editor : Please inquire for my people. My name is Edward Hudson. I was born in Russell county, Ala., in 1855, but was raised in Columbus, Ga. My mother, aunt and two uncles, belonged to a family named Hooper, who formerly lived in Crawford, Ala., and removed to Opelika. My father, Richard Hudson, emigrated from Columbus, Ga., to Liberia,…

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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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Baptist Martin looking for his father Dick Martin

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 11, 1881

MR. EDITOR: My father's name was Dick Martin. He went to Canada from Louisiana about the year 1848 He belonged to Duncan Walker, on Bayon Lafourche. If any one who reads this knows him, please address BAPTIST MARTIN. First African Baptist Church, New Orleans.

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Stephen Coleman seeking his uncle Bob Coleman

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- Please allow me to inquire for my uncle. There were three brothers: Watson Coleman, Bob Coleman and Spencer Coleman. Watson got killed just after the war and uncle Bob went to Mexico in time of war or just before. Spencer Coleman is living at Columbus, Texas; he is my father. The last time I heard from uncle Bob he was in Mexico,…

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M. Judson searching for Henry Delaunney or Delaney

New Orleans Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)

September 17, 1865

If HENRY DELAUNNEY or DELANEY, a mulatto
man, whose wife is in Europe, will call on the subscri-
ber [subscriber], he will hear of something to his advantage.
M. JUDSON,
au18--tf 113 Common street, near Camp.

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Paris Carter searching for his siblings Alfred, Osville, and Jane Carter

Anglo-African (New York, NY)

May 27, 1865

Information Wanted of my two brothers, Alfred and Osville Carter and also a sister, Jane Carter, formerly of Abington County, Va. When last heard from, Osville and Jane were living with a man named Wilson and Alfred was with a man by the name of Lile. Any information respecting them will be thankfully received by their brother, Paris Carter,…

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Vina Johnson reunited with her husband George Perry after 43 years

The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)

August 14, 1873

Wedding After Forty Years of
Separation.
Our town is all agog this morning
over the wedding that is to be cele-
brated [celebrated] in a day or two between Aunt
Vina Johnson, an old colored lady of
our place, and a former husband,
from whom she has been separated
for forty years. Forty-three years
ago Aunt Vina was the slave of a Mr.…

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Matilda Wetherall searching for Robert and Alice Tolliver

The Anglo-African (New York, NY)

December 23, 1865

Information Wanted.
INFORMATION WANTED of Robert Tolliver and his wife
Alice. formerly of Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County,
Virginia. Any person knowing the present whereabouts
of said persons will confer a lasting obligation upon their
anxious mother by sending a line to Matilda Wetherall,
No. 84 Agnes Street, Toronto, C.W. 222-6t.

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Burton Isom seeking his siblings James Isom, Ormand Isom, and Emily Murray

The Anglo-African (New York, NY)

December 23, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED of the whereabouts of James
and Ormand Isom, and Emily Murray. When last
heard from in the Spring of 1857, they were in St. Louis,
Missouri. Any information respecting them will be
thankfully received by their brother Burton Isom, New
Westminster, British Columbia. 221-4t

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Katie Holston (formerly Katie Gaines) searching for her people

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 27, 1905

Do You Know Them?
I desire to know the whereabouts
of some of my people. I was given
in charge of Classy Gaines of Farm-
ville [Farmville], Va., who came to Richmond to
visit her son, whose name was Wash-
ington [Washington] Gaines. I was given to her
by a person called my aunt. I call-
ed [called] her sister and she had promised
me…

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Anna Barnett searching for Jesse Henry Johnson

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

May 23, 1891

JESSE HENRY JOHNSON—Is a brown skin youth
with a broad face. He has large ears which stand
off from his head. The first joint of the little
finger of his left hand is off. He was born in
Vicksburg, Miss. He is 18 years oly. He left me
two years ago in Washington County, Miss. Ad-
dres [Addres], Anna Barnett, 3315 Manchester Road, St.…

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Dulcina Hall searching for her father Isaac Tolson

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 14, 1889

Information wanted of one Isaac Tolson He left Howard county Mo. many years ago. The last heard of him he was in Canada. He had a daughter named Dulcina. If any one can give any information of his whereabouts they will please inform his daughter, Mrs Dulcina Hail, at Clinton, Henry county, Mo.

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William Rawlin searching for William Turner

Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo, NY)

July 15, 1862

INFORMATION WANTED
OF WILLIAM TURNER, (colored.) He came from
Toronto, C. W., to this city, about four months ago,
since which time his family have not heard from him. He
is supposed to be on some boat plying between this city
and one of the upper lake ports Any information ad-
dressed [addressed] to "WILLIAM RAWLIN, Toronto, C. W.,…

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W. H. Gilliam seeking Mrs. Johnson (formerly Miss Hannah Harmer).

The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)

February 12, 1887

Information Wanted Of Miss Hannah Harmer or Mrs. Johnson, widow, daughter of Elizabeth and John Harmer, who formerly resided east of Toronto, Can., near Sharkhill and Brooksbush. Left Toronto in 1864, in company with her mother and brother, Thomas Harmer, en route for Buffalo and left the latter place for Wisconsin, Iowa or Indiana. Was reported…

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John P. Jackson searching for Lydia Jackson and brother Plato Jackson

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

May 23, 1891

I am the son of Thomas Jackson, who immigrated
to Liberia from Baltimore about 1830.
My father is said to have had a sister by the
name of Lydia Jackson, who remained in
Baltimore. He also had a son, Plato Jackson by
name, who went to Ohio, or some other place in
the West. I shall be glad to hear of the where-
abouts of any of these people…

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William Henry Washington seeking information about his parents Bentey and Chloe Washington and his brother Bentey Washington, Jr.

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 3, 1882

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY PA-
rents, Bentey and Chloe Washington,
and my brother Bentey Washington, Jr., a
shoe-maker by trade. We belonged to one
John Lambeth, of Beaufort, S. C., and
moved during the war to Blackwell, and
subsequently to Charleston, from which
place, in 1865, I embarked for Liberia in
the emigrantship "Golconda." I…

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