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 Bettie Woodson searching for her father Hudson Harris (also known as Hudson Hargrove), her mother Henriette, and several siblings Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) February 17, 1900 Mrs. Amanda Wells searching for her father Cager Simms, mother Jennie, and several siblings The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) July 9, 1898 Josephine Draper Griffy searching for her father John Draper Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 24, 1898 Lucy Mead seeking information about her mother Patsy Reed and sisters Becky and Caroline The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 19, 1895 Julia Ann Page searching for her mother Mora Jackson (formerly Mora Page) The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) August 31, 1895 Mrs. Clara Baship (appears elsewhere as Bashop) looking for her daughter Patience Green (4th of 4 ads) The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) August 10, 1895 John R. Hatter seeking information of his mother Susan Collins The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) April 20, 1895 William Tunstel seeking his brother McLeroy The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) February 16, 1895 Thomas Scott looking for his mother Maria Taylor The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 29, 1895 Dovie Epps looking for their grandmother Ritter Payne The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 25, 1895 Henrietta Anderson (formerly Henrietta Embry) seeking information about her mother Rachel Embry (2nd of 2 ads placed) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 25, 1895 Maria Tarleton looking for her husband Columbus Victory Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet (Baton Rouge, LA) December 2, 1865 Brice Hord looking for his parents Randell and Charlotte Hord and sisters Vester and Lizzie The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 17, 1895 Emma Washington seeking information about her mother Lucinda Johnson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 22, 1894 Mrs. Dorcas Burk seeking information about her children Soloman, Richard, and Jane Bell Burk (2nd of 2 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 20, 1865 Henry Tippin and/or Henry Russell seeking information about Lucinda Russell and her children The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 7, 1865 Ben and Flora East seeking information about their daughter Polly and son George Washington The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 7, 1865 Lucinda Lowery searching for her daughter Caroline Dodson The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) October 14, 1865 Matilda Harrison seeking the whereabouts of her mother Mary Jackson The State Capital (Springfield, IL) November 19, 1892 Hannah Barnett looking information about her daughter Martha James The Colored Tenessean (Nashville, TN) March 31, 1866 Eliza Ann Ratlif looking for her sons George, William, and Bearty Lewis The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) March 24, 1866 Richard Gray seeking information about Moses Lumly and Polly Noel The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) July 18, 1866 Armistead Bogle searching for his sister Edmond Bogle The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) July 18, 1866 Mrs. Dorcas Burk seeking information about her children Soloman, Richard, and Jane Bell Burk (1st of 2 ads) The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA) May 13, 1865 B. T. Davis seeking information about their aunt Flora Hilliard The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 9, 1888 of 47
