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Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)
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1864, 1866, 1868, 1871, 1879, 1880, 1890, 1894, 1895, 1900, 1911, 1912
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Newspaper advertisements
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Unnamed Married Woman Reunited with Unnamed Former Husband
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Information Wanted Ad
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An unnamed woman, now married with a new husband, reunites with her first husband
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Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)
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July 24, 1875
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Tia Antonelli
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Enoch Arden
reunion
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white newspaper
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National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
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Rev. J. Sella Martin reuniting with unnamed sister, niece, and nephew
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Reunion
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Rev. J. Sella Martin reunites with his sister, niece, and nephew after paying for their freedom.
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National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
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September 13, 1862
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New York City, New York
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Georgia
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Tia Antonelli
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emancipation
free people of color
nephew
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reunion
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>WORE MEN'S CLOTHES.
A Wife Tramps From Georgia to Council Bluffs.
A few days ago a bright appearing colored boy (?) came to the Grand hotel and asked permission to see the waiters. The desired permission was given and when the young man was introduced to the room where the waiters were assembled ready to enter the dining room, he walked up to one of the number, Ed. Jones, and said:
"Good day, Mistah Jones."
"I don' believe I know you," said Jones, after carefully scrutinizing the stranger.
"Oh, I guess yo' do," returned the other, confidently, and Jones looked again. Suddenly a light broke over his astonished features and he exclaimed, "Fo de Lawd's sake, it's Nellie." And sure
enough, it was Nellie.
The young couple were married in Georgia, and Jones, finding that he could not make a living there, emigrated to the north and finally came to Council Bluffs. He had failed to hear from his wife for some time until she walked into the Grand. She had tired of the south too, and had concluded to follow her husband and had dressed herself in boy's or men's clothes and had tramped it to Council Bluffs.
It is gratifying to relate that the romance had no unpleasant ending. Jones lost attendance on one meal, and the hotel while he was securing a place for himself and his wife, and then returned to work.—Omaha Progress.
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Nellie Jones reunited with her husband Ed. Jones
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Found Ad
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Nellie Jones reunited with her husband Ed. Jones. Ed had migrated north years prior for employment. After years apart, Nellie found Ed at his work at the Grand Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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The State Ledger (Topeka, KS)
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May 12, 1893
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GA (Georgia)
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Council Bluffs, IA
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Carly Beehler
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100
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reunion
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>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 years he heard nothing, and neither father nor son knew if the other were alive or dead. A few days ago, a gentleman in a public position in this city received a letter from this dusky Canadian correspondent, asking if there were any possible way of finding out something about his father. This letter was shortly afterwards enclosed to an editor of this paper, and was lying open on his desk, when the office was entered by a stranger from a Border State—an old man with a black face—and no other than the young man's father! So the letter had an unexpected and speedy answer, and by this time the father and son have seen each other face to face! Who shall say that the kind providence of God does not signally favor the poor and the lowly whom men despise?—Independent.
</p></div>
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National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
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Newspaper advertisements
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Unnamed father and son reunited
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Found Ad
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An unnamed father and son reunited in Canada in 1862. The son had emancipated himself and ran away to Canada six years prior. After searching for his father, the pair were reunited.
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National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
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August 9, 1862
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Canada
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MD (Maryland)
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Carly Beehler
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<p>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 years he heard nothing, and neither father nor son knew if the other were alive or dead. A few days ago, a gentleman in a public position in this city received a letter from this dusky Canadian correspondent, asking if there were any possible way of finding out something about his father. This letter was shortly afterwards enclosed to an editor of this paper, and was lying open on his desk, when the office was entered by a stranger from a Border State—an old man with a black face—and no other than the young man's father! So the letter had an unexpected and speedy answer, and by this time the father and son have seen each other face to face! Who shall say that the kind providence of God does not signally favor the poor and the lowly whom men despise?—Independent.</p>
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Reunion of Father and Lost Child.
</p><p>Pueblo, Col., April 12.- After seventeen years of search the daughter of James Davidson, now city marshal of Parsons, Kansas, has been found in this city. Davidson and his wife were separated nearly twenty years ago, and since that time the husband has been unable to obtain any trace of his then 2-year-old child. He advertised for her and a paper containing one of his advertisements fell into the hands of Miss Lena Davidson, who lives with her mother and stepfather at 411 Spring street. The advertisement was at once recognized as that of the husband and father.
</p><p>Miss Davidson and her father have communicated with each other by telegraph and the result is that she has started for Parsons.
</p></div>
Text
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James Davidson found his daughter Miss Lena Davidson
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James Davidson found his daughter Miss Lena Davidson after seventeen years of separation. Lena was living with her mother and step-father and James was a resident of Parsons, Kansas.
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The State Ledger (Topeka, KS)
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April 13, 1894
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Parsons, KS
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Pueblo, CO
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Carly Beehler
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100
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Relatives Found.
Mrs. Josephine Bass of Memphis, Tenn.
in the PLaNET of the 21st, advertised for
relatives whom she had not seen for
thirty-one years.
She has found them. They called at this
office this week and proceeded at once to
correspond to her. Only two are now
alive.
A gentleman in Washington found his
long lost sister in the same manner. He
had not seen her for nearly forty years.
</p></div>
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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
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1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922
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Mrs. Josephine Bass found her relatives
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Found Ad
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Mrs. Josephine Bass found her two living relatives through an ad placed in the Richmond Planet. Another searcher's success is mentioned, but without specifics.
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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
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February 4, 1893
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Memphis, TN
Washington, DC
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Richmond, VA
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Hannah Pfeifer
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<p>Relatives Found.<br />Mrs. Josephine Bass of Memphis, Tenn. <br />in the PLaNET of the 21st, advertised for <br />relatives whom she had not seen for <br />thirty-one years.<br />She has found them. They called at this <br />office this week and proceeded at once to <br />correspond to her. Only two are now <br />alive.<br />A gentleman in Washington found his <br />long lost sister in the same manner. He <br />had not seen her for nearly forty years.</p>
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>The Lost Found.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Thornell of Brad-
ford [Bradford], Pa. are in the city on a visit to her
father, William Moss, of this city. It
seems that Mrs. Thornell has been away
for 20 years. Recently she had an en-
quiring [enquiring] notice inserted in the PLANET, in
order to find her father. He saw it and
wrote to her. The result is that she,
in company with her husband, arrived
here Wednesday 29th. The mutual
satisfaction of the two at seeing each
other can be readily imagined. Mrs.
Thornell had been endeavoring to find
her father for seven years. She was pro-
fuse [profuse] in her thanks of the editor and the
Planet.
</p></div>
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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
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1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922
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Mrs. D. Thornell reunited with her father William Moss
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Found Ad
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Mrs. D. Thornell was reunited with her father William Moss after he saw her ad in the Planet. It had been 26 years since they last saw each other.
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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
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May 9, 1891
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Bradford, PA
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Richmond, VA
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Hannah Pfeifer
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100
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<p>The Lost Found.<br />Mr. and Mrs. D. Thornell of Brad-<br />ford [Bradford], Pa. are in the city on a visit to her <br />father, William Moss, of this city. It <br />seems that Mrs. Thornell has been away<br />for 20 years. Recently she had an en-<br />quiring [enquiring] notice inserted in the PLANET, in<br />order to find her father. He saw it and <br />wrote to her. The result is that she, <br />in company with her husband arrived <br />here Wednesday 29th inst. The mutual <br />satisfaction of the two at seeing each <br />other can be readily imagined. Mrs. <br />Thornell had been endeavoring to find <br />her father for seven years. She was pro-<br />fuse [profuse] in her thanks of the editor and the <br />PLANET.</p>
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>A FAMILY REUNION.
</p><p>HOW AN ESCAPED SLAVE BECAME WEALTHY AND DISCOVERED HIS RELATIVES.
</p><p>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 boy, with his face turned over his shoulder to watch against pursuit, came from the State of Kentucky and slavery to Illinois. He stole away in the night. He stole more than that, for he stole a likely mulatto boy worth a plump thousand dollars. He ignorantly forgot the guards which the Constitution and the laws had set about the sacred institutions of the South. He little reckoned that by his individual act he was swelling the amount of "aggravation," which at its height would induce its possessors to set their end of the national temple on fire.
"Ten years from the time when the runaway Kentucky mulatto followed the North star, he began his return journey in broad daylight, in a first class car with his fare paid. The Fugitive Slave law was a forgotten wisp. He journeyed South as leisurely and as much at his ease as the proudest peer of the land, with a full purse and a comfortable bank account to draw upon at home. This slave boy of twelve years ago was now to make a thorough search among the ruins of the fallen prison-house of slavery for the mother and sisters he left behind him in his flight. From that journey he has just returned successful. He visited the lower landings of the Mississippi, patiently followed up every clue he could gain in New Orleans, and at the close of a day's ride a few weeks since, came upon a straggling eastern Louisiana household, and behold, his mother, brothers and sisters stood before him.
"The edict of freedom had reached that place, and the freedmen were working by an arrangement with their mistress. The master was dead. He vindictively followed a brother of Mr. Ambrose into the swamps, retook him, but also took cold, lived only to flog him and sell him in Mobile for a haystack of rebel notes, and then turned his face to the wall and died. The whole family were wretchedly poor, and the mistress not too proud to receive a sum of money from her returned runaway. There is but little more to add. Mr. Ambrose, having recovered his family, intends to establish them, at their wish, on a farm near New Madrid, Missouri, according to their preference, although he offered to bring them all to Illinois. It is one of the reunions of families of which there will be many, the fruit of the great manumission."
</p></div>
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National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
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Newspaper advertisements
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Mr. Ambrose reunited with his family
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Mr. Ambrose reunites with his family after escaping from his former enslavement and finding success in the North.
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National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
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October 12, 1865
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IL (Illinois)
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New Madrid, MO
KY (Kentucky)
MS (Mississippi)
New Orleans, LA
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Carly Beehler
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The topic of the resource
Found Ad
Scripto
Status
Not to transcribe
Percent Completed
100
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<div class="mw-parser-output">
<p>A FAMILY REUNION.</p>
<p>HOW AN ESCAPED SLAVE BECAME WEALTHY AND DISCOVERED HIS RELATIVES.</p>
<p>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 boy, with his face turned over his shoulder to watch against pursuit, came from the State of Kentucky and slavery to Illinois. He stole away in the night. He stole more than that, for he stole a likely mulatto boy worth a plump thousand dollars. He ignorantly forgot the guards which the Constitution and the laws had set about the sacred institutions of the South. He little reckoned that by his individual act he was swelling the amount of "aggravation," which at its height would induce its possessors to set their end of the national temple on fire. "Ten years from the time when the runaway Kentucky mulatto followed the North star, he began his return journey in broad daylight, in a first class car with his fare paid. The Fugitive Slave law was a forgotten wisp. He journeyed South as leisurely and as much at his ease as the proudest peer of the land, with a full purse and a comfortable bank account to draw upon at home. This slave boy of twelve years ago was now to make a thorough search among the ruins of the fallen prison-house of slavery for the mother and sisters he left behind him in his flight. From that journey he has just returned successful. He visited the lower landings of the Mississippi, patiently followed up every clue he could gain in New Orleans, and at the close of a day's ride a few weeks since, came upon a straggling eastern Louisiana household, and behold, his mother, brothers and sisters stood before him. "The edict of freedom had reached that place, and the freedmen were working by an arrangement with their mistress. The master was dead. He vindictively followed a brother of Mr. Ambrose into the swamps, retook him, but also took cold, lived only to flog him and sell him in Mobile for a haystack of rebel notes, and then turned his face to the wall and died. The whole family were wretchedly poor, and the mistress not too proud to receive a sum of money from her returned runaway. There is but little more to add. Mr. Ambrose, having recovered his family, intends to establish them, at their wish, on a farm near New Madrid, Missouri, according to their preference, although he offered to bring them all to Illinois. It is one of the reunions of families of which there will be many, the fruit of the great manumission."</p>
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emancipation
escaped
found
free people of color
migration (north)
parent(s)
property
resistance
reunion
runaway
self-emancipation
sibling(s)
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>We find this paragraph in the Charleston Advocate:
</p><p>Milton Douglas, an Edgefield (S. O.) negro, was married while a slave in 1859 to a colored girl in that county. After three months of wedded life he was sold and sent West. His wife married again, her second husband dying a few months ago. Milton, who had not been heard from since 1859 returned the other day and renewed connubial relations with his old spouse.
</p></div>
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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
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An account of the resource
1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889
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Milton Douglas reuniting with his wife
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Found Ad
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Milton Douglas is reuniting with his wife, who he was sold away from in 1859. His wife had remarried, but her second husband passed away. Her name is not included in the ad.
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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
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September 7, 1882
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Edgefield, SC
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Hannah Pfeifer
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<p>We find this paragraph in the Charleston Advocate:</p>
<p>Milton Douglas, an Edgefield (S. O.) negro, was married while a slave in 1859 to a colored girl in that county. After three months of wedded life he was sold and sent West. His wife married again, her second husband dying a few months ago. Milton, who had not been heard from since 1859 returned the other day and renewed connubial relations with his old spouse.</p>
</div>
Weight
dd
forced migration
found
migration (west)
remarried
reunion
slave trade
spouse
widow
-
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Scripto
Status
Completed
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>A Family Reconstructed
Our readers recollect the Notice to the Friends of Humanity, on behalf of Mr. W. Ambrose, of Chicago, then in search for his mother, brothers and sisters, which appeared a few days ago in our columns. The following letter, conveying the glad tiding of the reunion of all the members of the family, will be read with uncommon interest:
AUGUST 30, 1865.
New Orleans Tribune:
I have the pleasure to inform you that Mr. Ambrose Brackens has found his family, including his mother and all her childrens, nine in number, besides sundry new relatives, who by marriage have joined the house of his kindred in their long separation.
Mr. Ambrose desires me to thank you in his name for your kindness; which, owing to his leaving for Chicago to-day, he is unable to acknowledge in person as he wished to do.
He found his kinsfolks about seventy miles up the Jackson Railroad, in quite a destitute condition, but alive and at work.
Brackens, the old master is dead.
Mrs. Brackens begged him, her former slave, to take her away to some place of security and plenty. He declined to do so, because Mrs. Brackens had, recently, beaten his old mother until the Prost Marshal had interfered. Upon his mistress, bursting into tears, and exhibiting great distress, Mr. Ambrose gave her some money, and bade her repent and do better!!
Mr. Ambrose has provided for the wants of his family, and will soon send for them.
The whole story of Mr. Ambrose Brackens will be another chapter in the history of slavery, which history, when written by the colored man himself in the future, will be a contribution to literature, unsurpassed in pathos, incident, daring, fidelity, and endurance in long suffering, and swift and marvellous retribution; and in the almost miraculous redemption of a
people from a terrible bondage.
Very respectfully,
B. RUSH PLUMLY.
</p></div>
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New Orleans Tribune (New Orleans, LA)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
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B. Rush Plumly is writing of the reunited family of Mr. Ambrose Brackens.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Reunion
Description
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B. Rush Plumly writes about Mr. Ambrose Brackens finding his family by using the "Notice to the Friends of Humanity" column in the newspaper. Plumly also refers to a Mr. W. Ambrose.
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New Orleans Tribune (New Orleans, LA)
Date
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January 1, 1865
Relation
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New Orleans, LA
Coverage
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New Orleans, LA
Contributor
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Hannah Pfeifer
Scripto
Status
Not to transcribe
Percent Completed
100
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
<div class="mw-parser-output">
<p>A Family Reconstructed Our readers recollect the Notice to the Friends of Humanity, on behalf of Mr. W. Ambrose, of Chicago, then in search for his mother, brothers and sisters, which appeared a few days ago in our columns. The following letter, conveying the glad tiding of the reunion of all the members of the family, will be read with uncommon interest: AUGUST 30, 1865. New Orleans Tribune: I have the pleasure to inform you that Mr. Ambrose Brackens has found his family, including his mother and all her childrens, nine in number, besides sundry new relatives, who by marriage have joined the house of his kindred in their long separation. Mr. Ambrose desires me to thank you in his name for your kindness; which, owing to his leaving for Chicago to-day, he is unable to acknowledge in person as he wished to do. He found his kinsfolks about seventy miles up the Jackson Railroad, in quite a destitute condition, but alive and at work. Brackens, the old master is dead. Mrs. Brackens begged him, her former slave, to take her away to some place of security and plenty. He declined to do so, because Mrs. Brackens had, recently, beaten his old mother until the Prost Marshal had interfered. Upon his mistress, bursting into tears, and exhibiting great distress, Mr. Ambrose gave her some money, and bade her repent and do better!! Mr. Ambrose has provided for the wants of his family, and will soon send for them. The whole story of Mr. Ambrose Brackens will be another chapter in the history of slavery, which history, when written by the colored man himself in the future, will be a contribution to literature, unsurpassed in pathos, incident, daring, fidelity, and endurance in long suffering, and swift and marvellous retribution; and in the almost miraculous redemption of a people from a terrible bondage. Very respectfully, B. RUSH PLUMLY.</p>
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Reading Times and Dispatch (Reading, PA)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Pennsylvania
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Title
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James Dogan found his first wife and his family
Subject
The topic of the resource
Found Ad
Description
An account of the resource
James Dogan, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, found his first wife in 1871. They were separated during the Civil War, when Dogan escaped into the Union lines and enlisted in the army. He fought throughout the war. After the war he remarried, but he is visiting his family and first wife with his second wife's support.
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Reading Times and Dispatch (Reading, PA)
Date
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July 26, 1871
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Publisher
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Newspapers.com
Relation
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Pottstown, PA
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
POTTSTOWN has an Enoch Arden in the
shape of a colored man named James Dogan,
who was a slave prior to the rebellion, and,
escaping into the Union lines, afterwards be-
came [became] a soldier and fought all through the
war. He became separated from his family,
and not hearing from them for several years,
subsequently married again. Recently he
learned of the whereabouts of his first wife
and family, and is about to return to them,
his second wife giving her hearty consent.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
Civil War
escaped
found
left with Union Army
remarried
resistance
reunion
self-emancipation
U. S. Army
U. S. Colored Troops
veteran
white newspaper
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The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Kentucky
Louisiana
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Ellen Johnson reunited with her mother after 50 years
Subject
The topic of the resource
Other (Newspaper Article)
Description
An account of the resource
Johnson, age 60, reunited with her mother, reported to be 112 years old. Johnson lived in Louisville, KY. Her mother had been sold, by Ben Johnson of Frankfort, KY, and sent to New Orleans 50 years earlier [ca 1835].
Shorter versions of this article appeared in numerous newspapers nationwide. See newspapers.com.
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The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Date
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September 12, 1885
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Relation
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Louisville, KY
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
New Orleans, LA
Frankfort, KY
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
A NOTABLE GATHERING.
Five Generations Meet in This City--
A Family's Strange History.
Yesterday morning a reporter was directed
to visit No.246 Linden square, where a
colored family by the name of Johnson resided,
and assured that he would there find
an interesting item. Ellen Johnson, the
mistress of the house, told a very peculiar
story. She said that fifty years ago she and
her mother were slaves, owned by Mr. Ben
Johnson, of Frankfort, Ky. She was about
ten years old when her mother was sold and
taken away from her. When she was twenty-five
years of age she came to Louisville,
and has since lived here, having married in
the meantime.
She had not seen or heard of her mother
since they parted, fifty years ago, until last
February, when she received a letter from
her parent, dated New Orleans. The old
woman heard in some way that her daughter
was living in Louisville and at once made up
her mind to come and live with her. Shortly
after this she was taken sick and was not
able to travel.
Thursday night about 8 o'clock neighbors
were surprised to hear a joyous uproar coming
from No. 246. Everybody in the house
seemed to be shouting and yelling at the top
of their voices. The din sounded like a regular
camp-meeting jubilee, and was prolonged
until about 11 o'clock.
Yesterday inquiries were made, and it
was learned that the old woman, the mother
of Ellen Johnson, who had been parted from
her daughter for fifty years, had arrived.
Mother and daughter of course did not
recognize each other, but were overjoyed,
nevertheless. The mother is 112 years old
and her daughter 60. Living in the house
with Mrs. Ellen are her great grand-children.
This makes them the great great
grandchildren of Mrs. Johnson's mother.
Strange as it may seem, the reporter saw the
great great grandmother, the great grand-mother,
the grandmother, mother and children
all assembled in the same room.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
forced migration
found
literacy
parent(s)
reunion
slave trade
white newspaper
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Title
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The Nashville American (Nashville, TN)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Arkansas
Tennessee
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Jeff Frierson and Mary Burt reunited and remarried after 44-year separation
Subject
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Other (Newspaper Article)
Description
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Jeff Frierson and Mary Burt were reunited and remarried in Shelbyville, TN, in 1903. They had been separated in that county [Bedford County, TN] 44 years earlier, when Mary was sold and taken to Arkansas.
Source
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The Nashville American (Nashville, TN)
Date
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September 25, 1903
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
AR (Arkansas)
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Bedford County, Tennessee
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
AFTER FORTY-FOUR YEARS
Jeff Frierson and Mary Burt Are Reunited
in Marriage.
Special Dispatch to The American.
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 24. --
A somewhat romantic marriage occurred
in colored circles last night. The
facts about it are these: Before the
Civil War, and in slave times, Jeff
Frierson, a slave belonging to the Friersons
of this county, and Mary Burt,
a slave belonging to Thomas Burt,
lived together as man and wife under
the old slave system of marriage. But
a few years before the Civil War Mr.
Burt sold Mary to an Arkansas man,
who took her to that State, and there
she has since resided, while Jeff still
remained here.
A few days ago, however, Mary returned
here on a visit to some of her
relatives. Soon after her arrival she
happened to meet Jeff, her one-time
husband, whom she thought was long
since dead.
At this meeting the old love was soon
revived, and the two were reunited
by legally constituted marriage bonds
last night, Dr. Stephens, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, officiating.
Both have hosts of friends among the
white people, who are glad to see them
reunited after a separation of forty-four
years.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
forced migration
found
remarried
reunion
slave trade
sold south
white newspaper
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The Examiner (San Francisco, CA)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Texas
Kentucky
Louisiana
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Green Morgan and Prudence Croan reunited and remarried after 30-year separation
Subject
The topic of the resource
Found Ad
Description
An account of the resource
Green Morgan and Prudence Croan remarried in Versailles, Kentucky in 1889. They had been separated there in 1858, when Prudence was sold and taken to a Louisiana plantation by her former enslaver. Both Green and Prudence had remarried after their separation, but were widowed.
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The Examiner (San Francisco, CA)
Date
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February 6, 1889
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Coverage
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TX (Texas)
Versailles, KY
LA (Louisiana)
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
OLD, BUT STILL LOVING.
Remated After a Separation of Thirty
Years.
CRUEL SLAVERY DAYS.
Uncle Green and Aunt Prudence Go Down to the
Grave Together After All.
[Special to the EXAMINER.]
VERSAILLES (Ky.), February 5. -- A marriage
ceremony in the colored Methodist Church
here to-day developed in an ante-bellum ro-
mance [romance] of more than the usual Enoch Arden
tendencies.
The contracting parties were Uncle Green
Morgan, seventy years old, and Aunt Prudence
Croan, sixty-eight. It was the second marriage
between the two. In 1858, during slavery days,
Prudence Morgan, the slave wife of Green
Mor-
gan [Morgan] of this place, was sold to a Louisiana plan-
ter [planter], separated from her husband and taken
south.
YEARS ROLLED ON.
The war came and ended. Slavery became a
thing of the past, but Morgan never heard of
his wife. Finally he gave her up for dead and
married again. By this wife he had several
children, all now grown up, two of them mar-
ried [married] and with families of their own.
Last year the second Mrs. Morgan died.
Uncle Green began to primp and look out for a
third matrimonial partner, when one day he re-
ceived [received] a letter with a Texas postmark.
HEARD FROM AT LAST.
It proved to be from the first wife, sold thirty
years ago as a slave- She was alone and well,
and wanted to join Green. She casually men-
tioned [mentioned] that she had married a man named Brown
after the war and had emigrated to Texas and
raised a family. Brown had died a few months
ago and the children had married.
Morgan at once sent for Prudence, and she ar-
rived [arrived] here last week. It was necessary, of course,
to have another marriage ceremony performed,
and this was done yesterday.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Civil War
emancipation
forced migration
found
migration (post-emancipation)
remarried
reunion
slave trade
white newspaper
widow
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The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)
Description
An account of the resource
1864, 1867, 1869, 1873
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Ohio
Canada
Louisiana
Kentucky
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Vina Johnson reunited with her husband George Perry after 43 years
Subject
The topic of the resource
Found Ad
Description
An account of the resource
Johnson's first husband, Geo. Perry, escaped from Fleming County, Kentucky, to Canada 43 years earlier. Johnson and their child were went with him but were caught and taken back to Kentucky, where they remained enslaved until the Civil War. Johnson then moved to Ripley, Ohio, where her first husband found her in 1873 and they re-married.
Reprinted from the Bee (Ripley, OH)
Source
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The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)
Bee (Ripley, OH)
Date
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August 14, 1873
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Coverage
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Ripley, OH
Canada
LA (Louisiana)
Fleming County, KY
Mason County, KY
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
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.
Johnson, in Fleming County, Ky.,
and was the wife of a Geo. Perry, also
a slave, whose master lived in Mason
County. He ran off and went to Can-
ada [Canada], but returned and got his wife
and child, and succeeded in reaching
Chillicothe with them, where they
were overtaken by Johnson, and the
wife and child taken back. She re-
mained [remained] a slave until 1864. Not hear-
ing [hearing] from her husband, and supposing
him dead, she married a man by the
name of Jerry Johnson, some four or
five years after being taken back, but
she was left a widow in a few years.
She moved to Ripley soon after being
set free. Perry, who had been living
in Canada until after the war, and
since that time has been engaged in
teaching school in Louisiana, wrote a
letter to the son of Aunt Vina's master
in Kentucky last March, inquiring
whether she was alive or dead. John-
son [Johnson] wrote to Harry Armstrong of our
place, Aunt Vina's son-in-law, and he
answered that she was living here.
Perry was at once advised, and he
commenced a correspondence. Eve-
rything [Everything] was satisfactory, and he wrote
that he would be here on Monday
night last. That Aunt Vina was all
anxiety and in a fever of excitement
no one need be told. True to his
promise, Perry arrived on Monday
evening, and the meeting was a joy-
ous [joyous] one. They have determined to
be remarried, and are making every
preparation for that event.--[Ripley
(O.) Bee.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
captured
Civil War
emigration
escaped
family history
former enslaver
found
literacy
migration (north)
remarried
resistance
reunion
runaway
searching for former enslaver
self-emancipation
spouse
Underground Railroad
white newspaper
widow
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Scripto
Status
Completed
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>A SLAVE'S ROMANCE.
Reunited at Eighty with the Husband of Her Youth.
A colored woman, bent nearly double with eighty years and a heavy bundle, was seen to board the Cincinnati Mail line packet yesterday afternoon, says the Louisville (Ky.) Post. Approaching the clerk of the boat she slowly untied a knot in the corner of her red bandana handkerchief and produced enough cash to purchase a deck ticket for Cincinnati. The wrinkled and feeble old negress is the heroine of a romance. In antebellum days she was a slave and was owned by a planter near Asheville, N. C. At an early age she was married to a slave of the same master. By him she had several children. Over half a century ago her husband was torn from her and her children and was sold to another planter. The woman continued to work on the North Carolina plantation, and in a short time was again married. Her whole family was then put on the block and sold to a Virginia man. When the emancipation proclamation was promulgated the family took advantage of their freedom and journeyed northward, finally taking up their home in Louisville. The husband died after the close of the war, and the children one by one left their mother to seek their fortunes elsewhere. The mother toiled and labored to make a livelihood. She heard nothing of her first husband until about a month ago, when one of her sons found that the old man was living in Newport, Ky. The old negress journeyed thither and found the husband of her youth. He had also been married the second time and had several children by the second wife. The latter was dead, however, and the reunited couple decided to again live together. The woman returned to Louisville, disposed of her effects, and yesterday afternoon completed the romance of fifty years by returning to her husband.
</p></div>
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Abilene Weekly Reflector (Abilene, KS)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Kentucky
Kentucky
North Carolina
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Woman reunited with her first husband after more than 50-year separation
Subject
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Other (Newspaper Article)
Description
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She was enslaved on a plantation near Asheville, North Carolina. Her husband was sold away from her more than 50 years earlier [ca. 1840]. In 1890 she found him living in Newport, Kentucky. (Their names are not given in the article. Additional research needed).
Originally published in the Louisville, KY Post, versions of this article appeared in newspapers nationwide and in London. See newspapers.com.
Source
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Abilene Weekly Reflector (Abilene, KS)
Date
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January 8, 1891
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Relation
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Louisville, KY
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Newport, KY
Asheville, NC
Scripto
Status
Not to transcribe
Percent Completed
100
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
<div class="mw-parser-output">
<p>A SLAVE'S ROMANCE. Reunited at Eighty with the Husband of Her Youth. A colored woman, bent nearly double with eighty years and a heavy bundle, was seen to board the Cincinnati Mail line packet yesterday afternoon, says the Louisville (Ky.) Post. Approaching the clerk of the boat she slowly untied a knot in the corner of her red bandana handkerchief and produced enough cash to purchase a deck ticket for Cincinnati. The wrinkled and feeble old negress is the heroine of a romance. In antebellum days she was a slave and was owned by a planter near Asheville, N. C. At an early age she was married to a slave of the same master. By him she had several children. Over half a century ago her husband was torn from her and her children and was sold to another planter. The woman continued to work on the North Carolina plantation, and in a short time was again married. Her whole family was then put on the block and sold to a Virginia man. When the emancipation proclamation was promulgated the family took advantage of their freedom and journeyed northward, finally taking up their home in Louisville. The husband died after the close of the war, and the children one by one left their mother to seek their fortunes elsewhere. The mother toiled and labored to make a livelihood. She heard nothing of her first husband until about a month ago, when one of her sons found that the old man was living in Newport, Ky. The old negress journeyed thither and found the husband of her youth. He had also been married the second time and had several children by the second wife. The latter was dead, however, and the reunited couple decided to again live together. The woman returned to Louisville, disposed of her effects, and yesterday afternoon completed the romance of fifty years by returning to her husband.</p>
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Weight
dd
found
reunion
slave trade
white newspaper
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Lawrence Daily World (Lawrence, KS)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Kansas
Kentucky
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Nat Miller reunited with his sister
Subject
The topic of the resource
Newspaper Article
Description
An account of the resource
Nat Miller of Lawrence, Kansas, lost his sister "during slavery times." He found her in 1904.
Source
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Lawrence Daily World (Lawrence, KS)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 28, 1904
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Lawrence, KS
Madison County, Kentucky
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
After fifty years of separation,
Nat Miller, the colored janitor has
found his sister whom he lost during
slavery times Nat Miller is now
54 years old and his sister about 67.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
found
reunion
sibling(s)
white newspaper
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The Colored American (Washington, DC)
Description
An account of the resource
1899, 1901, 1902, 1904,
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Washington, DC
Mississippi
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Mr. J. Sims reunited with his two sisters
Subject
The topic of the resource
Found Ad
Description
An account of the resource
Mr. J. Sims, of Washington, DC, was separated from his sisters at the outbreak of the Civil War. He learned of their whereabouts in 1899 and they were reunited.
Source
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The Colored American (Washington, DC)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
November 25, 1899
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Publisher
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress
Coverage
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Mississippi
Relation
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Washington, DC
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Mr. J. Sims, of Capitol Hill, is rejoic
ing [rejoicing] over the arrival his two sisters from
Mississippi, from whom he was sepa
rated [separated] on the outbreak of the Civil War,
and only ascertained their whereabouts
a few months ago.
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Weight
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Civil War
found
reunion
sibling(s)
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The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
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Sisters, Julia Lyon and Emeline Skipwarth, reunited after 40 years
Subject
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Other (Newspaper Article)
Description
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Emeline Skipwarth escaped from slavery in Kentucky to Michigan. Forty years later, in 1885, she found her sister, Julia Lyon, near Troy, Ohio.
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The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL)
Date
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November 20, 1885
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Jesse Nasta
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Battle Creek, Michigan
Troy, OH
KY (Kentucky)
Scripto
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AFTER MANY YEARS.
AFFECTING MEETING OF TWO SISTERS.
Special Telegram to the Inter Ocean.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Nov. 19.--Forty
years ago Julia and Emeline, two sisters,
were slaves upon the plantation of a master
by the name of Hall, in Kentucky. Emeline
left her sister one night, and with a party of
fugitives crossed the Ohio River at Cincinnati,
and by means of the underground railroad
made her escape to Michigan and
thence to Battle Creek, where she has since
resided, the wife of Joseph Skipwarth, now
dead. In all these years she has never heard
of her sister until recently, when by accident
she learned that she was now Mrs. Julia
Lyon, living on a farm near Troy, Ohio, in
good circumstance. Yesterday Mrs. Lyon
arrived in this city, and the meeting
of the two sisters after forty
years separation was very affecting. Mrs.
Skipmarth is one of our most respected
colored ladies, and the two happy sisters
have received a number of calls to-day from
our leading citizens. The reminiscenses of
slavery days and their escape by the underground
railway, out of the changes which
have since taken place, are of the most interesting
nature.
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Weight
dd
changed name
found
migration (north)
resistance
reunion
runaway
self-emancipation
sibling(s)
white newspaper
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The Kansas City Gazette (Kansas City, KS)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Kansas
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Richard Jones and Jane Vaughn reunited and married in 1899
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Other (Newspaper Article)
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Jones and Vaughn, of Kansas City, Kansas, were separated after emancipation. Reunited and married in 1899.
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The Kansas City Gazette (Kansas City, KS)
Date
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January 16, 1899
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Jesse Nasta
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Kansas City, KS
Kansas City, KS
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A Romance of Slavery.
Saturday two ex-slaves, neither of
whom had ever been married before,
were granted a license to wed by probate
Judge Snyder. They were Richard
Jones, aged 55, and Jane Vaughn,
aged 40, both of this city. The two
negroes, when children, were owned
by the same master. When the war
was over and the slaves emancipated
the two were separated and did not
meet again until quite recently. The
old friendship was renewed, and as
both were single they became engaged,
and Saturday night they were
married.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
emancipation
found
reunion
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The Butler Weekly Times (Butler, MO)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Georgia
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"Uncle Levi" and "Aunt Aggie" reunited and remarried after 40 years
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Other (Newspaper Article)
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"Uncle Levi" and "Aunt Aggie" were separated in Morgan County, Georgia, in 1844. They reunited and remarried after 40 years.
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The Butler Weekly Times (Butler, MO)
Date
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January 30, 1884
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Jesse Nasta
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress
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Polk County, GA
Morgan County, GA
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Cedartown, Polk County, GA
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A ROMANCE OF SLAVERY.
The Husband and Wife Torn Apart
Forty Years Ago Happily United.
Rome, Ga. Special to Courier-Journal.
That there are romances as touching
in negro life as were ever told is
proven by the story of a colored
couple named Uncle Levi and Aunt
Aggie, who lived in Cedartown Valley.
In 1840 Levi belonged to Mr.
Sparks, who then resided in Morgan
county. In the same county lived
Dr. E. E. Jones. Among Dr.
Jones’ slaves was a fine looking
mulatto girl, whoes smiles was courted
by every young male slave in the
community. She was named Aggie.
Levi and Aggie met often at corn-shucking
frolics. They were partners
in the dance and play, and every
Saturday night he would obtain a
pass to visit her. Thus Levi wooed
and Aggie was won. They married
in 1843.
“And I was so happy when I met
every Saturday night to see my young
wife,” said Uncle Levi. They had
only been married a year when Mr.
Sparks moved from Morgan to Polk
county, carrying the broken hearted
husband with him. After five or
six years separation, believing they
would never again see each other,
Levi married one of his master’s
women.
“But, Boss, I never loved her like
Aggie,” was the old man’s explanation.
Aggie, too, married, and both
raised a large family; but their
thoughts often drifted to the past.
Neither knew whether the other was
living. At last came the down fall
of the Confederacy and the freedom
of slaves. Upon enquiry Uncle Levi
found that his old love was still living
and married. He went nobly to
work for his second wife. Ten years
ago Aunt Aggie’s husband died and
left her without providers. News
reached Uncle Levi, and he sent
word to his old love to come and live
with him and his wife. This Aunt
Aggie refused to do. Years flew
fast, and the boy and girl who sang
and danced at the corn-shucking,
who loved, married and were parted
grew old with an aching void in their
lives as its evening drew near. Two
years ago Uncle Levi’s wife died,
and after a few months mourning he
went for Aunt Aggie. She went to
her old love, and after a separation
of forty years they were united.
They return in part to days of their
youth, and their love is young again.
Everybody in the neighborhood has
heard the sad story and they are recipients
of many kindnesses. Aunt
Aggie is now 60 and Uncle Levi is
70.
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Weight
dd
Civil War
emancipation
forced migration
found
remarried
reunion
white father
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The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Mississippi
Kentucky
Virginia
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Alexander Foley and his wife reunited and remarried after forty years
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Foley, of Natchez, Mississippi, found his wife in 1891 in Carrollton, Kentucky. They had been separated by sale [in Virginia?]
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The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)
Date
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November 27, 1891
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Jesse Nasta
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress
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Carrollton, KY
VA (Virginia)
Relation
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Natchez, MS
Scripto
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REUNITED.
Slaves of Over Forty Years Ago Meet and
Will Be Remarried.
CARROLLTON, Ky., Nov. 27.—Alexander
Foley, of Natchez, Miss., a former
slave, arrived here a few days ago to
visit Dr. Goslie, who used to be his old
master. His surprise could be imagined
when he was told by Dr. Goslie that his
wife who was sold from him forty years
ago, was living in Carrollton.
Mr. Foley told the following story:
He had not been married long when his
wife was sold and taken south, while he
was sold to parties who took him further
north. Neither could read or
write, and as years rolled by he naturally
thought that his wife died. Both, it
developes, remarried, he settling in Virginia,
while the wife settled in this city.
Foley's second wife died a few years
ago, as did his first wife's husband.
Foley says divine providence brought
them together, and he made himself
known. His wife recognized him at
once, and he took his Thanksgiving
dinner with his spouse of ante-bellum
times. The couple will be reunited in a
few days.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
forced migration
found
reunion
slave trade
sold south
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The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Ohio
West Virginia
Tennessee
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Mrs. Anna Mollie Wright reunited with her daughter Mrs. Anna Freeman after 29 years
Subject
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Found Ad
Description
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Mrs. Anna Mollie Wright reunited with her daughter Mrs. Anna Freeman after 29 years. The women were separated in Dover, Tennessee in 1863, during the Civil War, when one or both of them was sold by their former enslaver. They were reunited in 1892 when Mrs. Wright learned that Mrs. Freeman was in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
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The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV)
Date
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April 11, 1892
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
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Newspapers.com
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Clarksburg, WV
Dover, TN
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Findlay, OH
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AFTER TWENTY-NINE YEARS
A Mother and Daughter are Reunited.
The Daughter a Clarksburg Woman who
Was Sold During Slavery Days.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
FINDLAY, O., April 10.-A remarkable
reunion of mother and daughter who
had been cruelly torn from each other
at the slave block in 1863 has just taken
place in this city. The mother's name is
Mrs. Anna Mollie Wright, an aged col-
ored [colored] woman of Findlay, and the daugh-
ter [daughter] is Mrs. Anna Freedman, of Clarks-
burg [Clarksburg], W. Va. For twenty-nine years
the mother has been searching for her
missing daughter. She was found
through a chance remark of a colored
man from Clarksburg, W. Va., who
said that Mrs. Freedman, of his town,
had been writing letters to Dover,
Tenn., where she had been sold with
her family when a little girl.
Mrs. Wright thought this was strange
and wrote to a colored minister in
Clarksburg. The letter was read in the
church and led to the reunion of mother
and daughter.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
child(ren)
Civil War
found
literacy
minister
ministers please read
parent(s)
reunion
slave trade
white newspaper
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The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)
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1864, 1867, 1869, 1873
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Ohio
Canada
Kentucky
Virginia
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Brothers Joshua Collins and Solomon Collins meet in Cincinnati after decades-long separation
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Other (Newspaper Article)
Description
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They ran into each other in 1867. From Fleming County, Kentucky. Joshua bought his freedom in 1849. Solomon escaped to Canada in 1837.
The Cincinnati Commercial, October 10, 1867, published a much longer account of these brothers' reunion. For an online reprinted version of this longer article, see the Wilmington Daily Post (Wilmington, NC), October 15, 1867, pg. 1, newspapers.com.
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The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)
Date
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October 17, 1867
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Jesse Nasta
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress
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Cincinnati, OH
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Canada
Fleming County, KY
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Two brothers, colored, met in the streets of Cincinnati, last Sunday, after a separation of sixty years. Their names are Joshua and Solomon Collins. They were both formerly slaves in Fleming county, Virginia. Joshua bought his freedom in 1849, and re-moved to Cincinnati, where he has since resided. Solomon ran away from his master, then living in Ken-tucky, in 1837, and made his way safe-ly to Canada. The meeting was pure-ly accidental, and, of course, was en-joyed by the two old men. Joshua is eighty-two years old, and Solomon over sixty.
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Weight
dd
found
manumitted
migration (north)
migration (west)
resistance
reunion
self-purchase
Underground Railroad
white newspaper
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Daily State Gazette (Green Bay, WI)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Wisconsin
Tennessee
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Hiram Jefferson reunited with son Thomas after 30 years
Subject
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Found Ad
Description
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Hiram Jefferson reunited with son Thomas after 30 years. Hiram Jefferson was separated from his family after the capture of Fort Donelson, during the Civil War. The pair were reunited in Janesville, Wisconsin.
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Daily State Gazette (Green Bay, WI)
Date
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November 15, 1893
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Jesse Nasta
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Newspapers.com
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Fort Donelson, Dover, Stewart County, TN
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Janesville, WI
Scripto
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After thirty years' separation Hiram
Jefferson and his son Thomas are reunited
in Janesville. The father became separ-
ated [separated] from his family just after the capture
of Fort Donelson, he being a slave on a
plantation near the fort.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
child(ren)
Civil War
Civil War battle
found
left with Union Army
parent(s)
reunion