Bazil Butler and Celestia Butler searching for Thomas and Arthur

Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)

November 10, 1867

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BY Bazil and Celestia Butler, two colored people
who wish to know the whereabouts of two boys,
Thomas, 12 years old, and Arthur, 10 years old,
when they were brought from Virginia, 20 years
tago, and sold by a Mr. Barton to Bill Easly, be-
tween [between] Mobile and Montgomery. Direct to the
re of J. H. P., Cross Keys, Ala. nov311&w

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Bazil Butler and Celestia Butler searching for Thomas and Arthur. Thomas and Arthur were brought from Virginia 20 years earlier during their former enslavement and sold somewhere between Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama.

Date
November 10, 1867
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Cross Keys, AL

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Jesse Nasta

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"Bazil Butler and Celestia Butler searching for Thomas and Arthur," Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL), November 10, 1867, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed April 19, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/3178

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