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"Uncle Levi" and "Aunt Aggie" reunited and remarried after 40 years

The Butler Weekly Times (Butler, MO)

January 30, 1884

A ROMANCE OF SLAVERY.

The Husband and Wife Torn Apart
Forty Years Ago Happily United.

Rome, Ga. Special to Courier-Journal.

That there are romances as touching
in negro life as were ever told is
proven by the story of a colored
couple named Uncle Levi and Aunt
Aggie, who lived in Cedartown Valley.
In 1840 Levi belonged to Mr.…

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S. M. Hightower searching for their uncle Howard Hightower and several relatives

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 2, 1880

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY RE-
lation. My uncle's name is Howard
Hightower, his wife's name, Martha High
tower; three sons, Henry, Daniel and John;
daughters, Mary, Caroline and Harriet. I
have found Henry and Mary, who are living
in Greensboro, Ga. We all belonged to
William Hightower as late as 1862 '63, and
at his death we were divided.…

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