Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 1160 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Afro-American Advocate (Coffeyville, KS)Americus Weekly Recorder (Americus, GA)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Asheville Daily Citizen (Asheville, NC)Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet (Baton Rouge, LA)Beaufort Republican (Beaufort, SC)Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo, NY)Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY)Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, NC)Charleston Mercury (Charleston, SC)Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO)Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA)Dziennik ChicagoskiEvening Star (Washington, DC)Fort Worth Gazette (Fort Worth, TX)Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, AL)Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)Juniata Sentinel and Republican (Mifflintown, PA)Livingston Journal (Livingston, AL)Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)National Freedman's Savings Bank (Washington, D.C.)National Republican (Washington, DC)New Era (Washington, DC)New National Era (Washington, DC)New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA)Newburgh Journal (reprinted from)Osawatomie Graphic (Osawatomie, KS)People's Advocate (Washington, DC)Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA)Raleigh Daily News (Raleigh, NC)Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA)San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA)Southwestern Christain Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian AdvocateSouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LASouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, PA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans)Southwestern Christian Advocate, (New Orleans, LA)St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)Star of Zion (Charlotte, NC)The Andrew County Republican (Savannah, MO)The Anglo-African (New York, NY)The Appeal (Chicago, IL)The Baptist Vanguard (Little Rock, AR)The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA)The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, NY)The Buffalo Review (Buffalo, NY)The Butler Weekly Times (Butler, MO)The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL)The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)The Christian RecorderThe Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Columbia Herald (Columbia, TN)The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)The Daily Republican (Monongahela, PA)The Daily State Journal (Richmond, VA)The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)The Examiner (San Francisco, CA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)The Nashville American (Nashville, TN)The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)The New York World (New York, NY)The Northwestern Recorder (Milwaukee, WI)The Plaindealer (Detroit, MI)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Selma Press (Selma, AL)The Southern Argus (Selma, AL)The Southern Workman (Hampton, VA)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The Star of Zion (Charlotte, NC)The State Capital (Springfield, IL)The Watchman and Southron (Sumter, SC)The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)The Weekly Floridian (Tallahassee, FL)Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, AL)Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) [Ad copied from the Zion Church Advocate, published in Washington, DC, with commentary by the editor of the Vermont Phoenix]Weekly Journal (Mercersburg, PA) Item Type Ad Tags forced migrationAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adArmy Hospitalattorneyaunt(s)baptismcapturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate RaidsConfederate States Armycontrabandsconvictedcustodydebtdeceaseddesertion (spousal)dowrydying wishemancipationemigrationEnoch Ardenenslaver looking for former slaveescapedestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverformer enslaverfraternal groupsfree people of colorfreedgrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outIndian Territoryinheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownLost Cause narrativelynchingmanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsmutual searchNative Americansnewspaper replynorthern slaveryorphan/orphanageparent(s)passingperson with a disabilityphysical descriptionprobatepropertyrailroadrailroad workerReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardRobert E. 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Colored Troopsuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Mrs. Mary Smith searching for her parents and two brothers Thomas and Rhody Aawkins The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) August 27, 1892 Randle Johnson searching for his relatives and the relatives of his wife Sandy Anderson The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) August 17, 1895 Washington Harrard seeking his sisters Luvenia and Francis Harrard The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) November 24, 1894 Henrietta Wallace (formerly Henrietta Turner) searching for her son Thomas Taylor Turner The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) July 21, 1894 Mrs. Alexander Bailey (formerly Sarah Catherine Hunt) seeking her mother Margaret Hunt and relatives The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) February 27, 1896 John Dennis seeking his mother Lucy Barns The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) March 14, 1896 Mrs. Maria Dawson (formerly Little Maria Clark) seeking her daughter Mary Ella Clark and her sister Charity Clark The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) October 14, 1893 Maria Warmley (formerly Maria Colwell) seeking information about her father Charles, mother Sarah Ann, and siblings The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) October 14, 1893 Kitty Presnell seeking information about her children Davie, Mariah, and Catherine Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 31, 1884 Charles Washington Norman Fairleigh searching for his brother, Alexander Ferguson The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) December 10, 1892 Mariah Abbamier searching for her relatives including her parents Jack and Mary Ephron The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) July 2, 1892 Daniel West (formerly Daniel Cooper) looking for his father Jeff Cooper, his mother Susie Cooper, and his siblings The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) June 25, 1892 Ann Waddell (formerly Ann Bell) seeking her mother Lydia Bell and sisters Rosetta and Helen Bell The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) June 11, 1892 John Edmond searching for brother, James Means, and sisters, Hester and Susan Jane Huges The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) June 11, 1892 Thomas Sheals searching for his mother Rose Sheals and his wife Amanda Sample The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) April 30, 1892 George Wootson searching for mother, Mahalie Wootson, and sisters, Margarat and Marinda The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) January 23, 1892 Rachel Richardson seeking information about her mother Mrs. Phoebe Holman, sister Caroline Holman, and brother James Holman The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) November 14, 1891 Fannie Laster (formerly Francis Fuller) searching for their mother Mahalie Hall The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) October 3, 1891 Murray Thompson searching for brothers, John, Squire, and Bill The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) September 12, 1891 Brown Jones searching for his mother Frankie Hightower and brothers Bruce and Car Hightower The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 28, 1887 Diannah White looking for her sons The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17th, 1887 Mrs. Lucy Williams searching for mother Lucy Williams and grandmother Louisa Williams. The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) February 5, 1916 Mrs. Ellen Lee searching for relatives The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) January 30, 1915 Tally Miller seeking information about his daughters Caroline and Sarah Williams Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 7, 1884 Sneed Bewley searching for relatives Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 3, 1884 of 47
