Joanna Burris searching for her brother Lewis Burris

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 11, 1872

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INFORMATION wanted of my brother Lewis
Burris sold from Hatteras Island, N.C. His
owner Edmund Burris sold him from his
wife and two children, to Wm. Howard who
took him to Silver Springs Florida. At the
time he was sold the writer was about five
years old. Our mother Hester Burris is still
living and is very anxious to hear from him.

Address Joanna Burris,

care Christian Recorder,
631 Pine St. Philadelphia.
5m.11-4t.

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Joanna Burris searching for her brother Lewis Burris who was sold by Edmund Burris to Wm. Howard.

Date
May 11, 1872
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Philadelphia, PA

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Margaret Strolle

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"Joanna Burris searching for her brother Lewis Burris," The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA), May 11, 1872, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed April 18, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/409

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