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Title
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The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
Description
An account of the resource
1863-1902
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Louisiana
Virginia
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Title
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Jacob Brown searching for his sisters Louisa and and Arena also known as "Arenir"
Subject
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Information Wanted Ad
Description
An account of the resource
Jacob Brown searching for his sister Louisa, sister Arena/Arenir, his uncles Richard and Joseph Cassam, and his nephews, Moses , Issac, and Peter.
Source
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The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
Date
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November 25, 1865
Contributor
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Margaret Strolle
Coverage
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Hardy County, VA
Winchester, VA
New Orleans, LA
Relation
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Baton Rouge, LA
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
INFORMATION WANTED
Jacob Brown wishes to find his sister and
friends, from whom he was sold about eight years
ago. He belonged to George Fisher, of Hardy
County, Va, near Morefield. His sister Louisa,
who was sold with him into Louisiana, has been
back home once. She left three children, named
respectively Peter, Isaac, and Moses. She is in
New Orleans, and is anxious to hear of them.
Another sister remained named Arena, or "Are-
nir." whose husband was named Paul Peterson.
His uncles were Richard and Jacob Cassam,
owned by McCoy.
Any person knowing any thing of them will
confer a great favor upon the undersigned, who
is their young brother, and who escaped from
imprisonment in the jail, at Winchester, Va., by
writing such information as shall united those
separated by slavery. Respectfully,
JACOB BROWN,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
changed name
Civil War
escaped from jail
family history
former enslaver
Reconstruction
sibling(s)
slave trade