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  • Found refers to ads that announce a person has been found. These ads often describe the search and include details about the reunion or upcoming reunion. The ads identified by this tag often detail years’ long searches and testify to the persistent desire of formerly enslaved people to reconnect with family and loved ones.

Rev. Charles Brown's people found

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S. D. Handy located Mr. M. C. Gary's youngest brother Samuel Thomas in Cleveland, TN

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W. H. Jackson reconnected with Turner Petty's people

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Mrs. R. W. Williams' reply to information wanted ad for Charlie Oliver

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Mrs. Maria Calmikle finds her family after 31 years

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Richard Zeigler finds his wife after 32 years

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William H. Todd finds his mother, age 100, after 40-year separation

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Mrs. Woodsen finds sister Mrs. Culton after 42-year separation

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Abraham Blackburn finds his mother after writing 236 letters of inquiry

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John Jones finds his mother, Parthenia Jones, after more than a 30-year separation

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Rev. J. Preston Watson reunited with friend Thomas Gannon

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Mr. Goosland [Rev. Matthew Goosland], sold in 1847, finds his sister

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Levi Richardson reunited with his sister

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Brothers George Drane, Phil Dougherty, and Charley Dougherty reunited after 60 years

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Rev. S. Tatem's brother is found

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Mrs. Jas. Coakley found her uncle (2nd of 2 ads)

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Lucy A. Johnson responding to Eliza Husher (formerly Eliza Clark)

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Unnamed man finds his sister, Louisa Smith, through ad

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Henry Anderson found his friends and family

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Susan Anderson found her brother and relatives

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George W. Moveety finds his family

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Mrs. Louisa Fry reunited with her mother, "Aunty" Strong, for first time since the Civil War

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Martha Cobble finds her sons Thurston Cobble and Ned Cobble after a 40-year search

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Robert Cox reunited with his wife after 24 years

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John Williams reunited with his mother Harriet Blackwell after 32 years

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