Escape from Slavery & the Underground Railroad

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This folder contains ads documenting enslaved people's escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, military service, or self-emancipation.

Frances Parker seeking information about brothers Thomas and Amiger Moton

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 2, 1870

Sarah Elizabeth Brooks seeking information about her mother Deborah Brown

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 12, 1869

Julia Smith (formerly Julia Gordey) searching for her son George G. Gordey

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 8, 1891

Ellen Nettleton searching for her husband George Nettleton

Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)

November 10, 1855

George T. Smith searching for his brother John W. Hines

Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)

December 22, 1855

Annetta Goodwin searching for her father Thomas Jones and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 1, 1883

Brothers Joshua Collins and Solomon Collins meet in Cincinnati after decades-long separation

The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)

October 17, 1867

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