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Title
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Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, AL)
Description
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1882, 1886, 1993
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Iowa
Alabama
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Title
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Peter Bell seeks parents William and Nancy Houston
Subject
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Information Wanted Ad
Description
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Peter Bell, a former enslaved person, was looking for information about his parents William and Nancy Houston. They were enslaved by Jack Serrat who also enslaved a girl named by Florence Houston.
Source
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Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, AL)
Date
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March 25, 1882
Contributor
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Josh Zaragosa
Publisher
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Readex African American Newspapers, Series I
Coverage
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Hunstville, MS
MS
Relation
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Waukee, Dallas County, IA
Scripto
Transcription
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Information Wanted.
Peter Bell, now living at Wankee, Iowa, but formerly belonging to Jake Serrat and afterward to C. W. Bell of Mississippi, writes for information of his parents, William and Nancy Houston, formerly owned by Sie Houston, who bought them of Jake Serrat, who also owned a girl named Florence Houston. Peter has not heard or seen of his parents since the war, and it would certainly afford pleasure to anyone who can, to furnish the anxious son any information which may lead to the meeting of the long separated family The parties lived near Huntsville before the war. Information may be given either to Elder A. S. Lakin, to this journal, or sent direct to Peter Bell, Wankee, Dallas County, Iowa.
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