Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 317 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Afro-American (Baltimore, MD)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Baptist Herald (Paducah, KY)Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY)Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Freedmen’s Record (Boston, MA)Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)National Freedman's Savings Bank (Washington, D.C.)New Era (Washington, DC)New National Era (Washington, DC)New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA)New York Herald (New York, NY)Osawatomie Graphic (Osawatomie, KS)Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC)Southwestern Christian AdvocateSouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LASouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)The Buffalo Review (Buffalo, NY)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)The Colored Citizen (Cincinnati, OH)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC)The Freedman (Boston, MA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Southern Workman (Hampton, VA)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) Item Type Ad Tags female enslaverAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adaunt(s)changed namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate States Armycontrabandsconvictedcustodydebtdeceaseddowrydying wishemancipationenslaver looking for former slaveescapedestateestate divisionfamily historyforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorfreedFreedmen's Bureaugrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outinheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsparent(s)person with a disabilityphysical descriptionprobateReconstructionremarriedresistancerewardrunawaysearching for former enslaverself-emancipationSherman's Armysibling(s)skilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolensuicideU. 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Pinkard looking for their uncle John Pinkard Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 4, 1879 Maria Holland searching for her parents Archie and Betsey Howard and her siblings Lucy Ann, Philis, and Ned Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 28, 1879 Pennie Allen searching for her children Charles, Rosean, and Caroline Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 5, 1880 Ben Cotham searching for his brother Eli Bennett Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 5, 1880 Naro Gillespie seeking information about his father Charles and several siblings (1 of 3 ads) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 15, 1880 James Hall searching for his son Wesley The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC) October 25, 1865 Ruben Hartthorn looking for his son Stepney Hartthorn The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA) February 24, 1866 Tom Taylor searching for his wife Susannah, brother Peter McKinsey, and daughters Harriet and Sally Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 10, 1879 Nelly Gladney looking for her mother Jane, father Nelson, and brothers Andrew, Prince, and William Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 17, 1879 Cassa Banks (formerly Cassa Melven) looking for her daughter Elizabeth Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 17, 1879 Sallie White (formerly Sallie Teague) searching for her sister Harriet Adkins and brother Major Randall Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 30, 1897 Mrs. Rose Caudle (formerly Rose King) searching for her mother Charlotte King and several brothers Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) August 21, 1897 George Jones searching for his family Edmonia, Albert, and Sarah Jones Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) June 19, 1897 Mary Ann Hogan searching for her father Ben Booker and mother Sarah Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) February 27, 1897 Rebecca Williams searching for her grandmother Easter Here Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) November 11, 1896 Caroline Jacox searching for her daughters Mary Jane Jacox and Margaret Ann Jacox Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) August 22, 1896 Gustus Ann Hamilton searching for her mother Nelly Beacheum, uncles Louis Beachem and Pompey Beachem, and sister Jane Beaches (2nd of 2 ads) Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) July 25, 1896 Mrs. Angeline Humes searching for her brothers Allen and Marion Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 5, 1877 Sarah Williams (formerly Sarah Bailey) searching for her father Randall, mother Celia, and siblings Levi, William, Leondard, Warren, Elvira, and Hannah Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 26, 1877 Malinda Rhodes Jones searching for her parents Samuel and Leona Rhodes and several siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 17, 1877 Unnamed person searching for their sister Sarah Catherine Hunt Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 17, 1877 Josey Stamps (formerly Josey Williams) searching for her brothers Edward and Rufus Williams Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 31, 1877 Elizabeth Wells searching for her sisters Julia and Catharine Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 14, 1877 James Cook looking for his father Allen Cook and mother Lydia Brinker Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 21, 1877 P. M. Carmichael searching for their aunt Bettie and uncle Daniel Carmichael Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 21, 1877 of 13
