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. Leerunawaysailorsearching for former enslaverself-emancipationself-purchasesibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersoldsold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolenU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored Troopsuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Harriet Warden searching for her siblings Sallie, Tennie, Mahala, Cecelia, Mira, Jack, and David Belem The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) October 8, 1891 Alfred Simpson looking for his mother Nellie Simpson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 16, 1882 Amanda Woods searching for her brother Robert Kinseloe The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 16, 1882 J. A. Barrow seeking information about his father Radford Barrow The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 9, 1882 John Simus seeking information about his son James The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 12, 1882 Louis Loucus searching for his father Thomas Loucus, brother Simon Thomas Loucus, and Nancy Cephens The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 12, 1882 Mrs. Violet Mardis searching for her brother Simon Scott (who might also go by Simon Stancel) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 12, 1882 Lucinda Tillman (formerly Lucinda Roberts) seeking her parents Dido and Charley Harris and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 3, 1881 Kigy Ann Brown searching for her father William Brown and brothers Geerge and Henry Clay Brown The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 25, 1881 Francis Sanders searching for their parents Eliza and Harry Cole and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 18, 1881 Harriet Lee (formerly Harriet Lawson) searching for her mother Rosa Donal and siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 27, 1890 Brice Hord looking for his parents Randell and Charlotte Hord and his sisters Vester and Lizzie Hord The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 7, 1893 Henrietta Anderson seeking information about her mother Rachel Embry (1st of 2 ads placed) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 2, 1893 Eda Lowe (formerly Eda Ratlaft) seeking information about her mother Phoebe Ratlaft The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 28, 1893 Elvira Claton searching for her parents Peter and Jane Saphran and several siblings The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 15, 1893 Pleasant Beale (formerly Pleasant Slater) searching for her mother Nancy Slater, father Carlisle Slater, and brother Peter Slater The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 24, 1893 Allen Hodge seeking information about his father Dave Smith The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 20, 1893 Mrs. Mary Smith searching for her parents Thomas and Roda Hawkins and her younger brother Henderson Hawkins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 27, 1890 John Brittingham searching for his mother Mary Brittingham The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 24, 1891 Rachel Farrer seeking information about her mother Maria Farrer and siblings Turner, Fannie, Almira, and Charity The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 13, 1891 John Whitsett seeking information about his sister Mae Etta and three half-brothers James, William, and Frank Garvin The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 21, 1890 Emma Washington seeking information of her mother Lucinda Johnson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) June 15, 1893 R. 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