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Emancipation refers to people identified as having been freed either by their enslaver prior to the Civil War or via the Thirteenth Amendment after the war (1865).
Jenny Carter (formerly Jenny White) looking for children Cisly, Oscur, Emily Francis, and Lucy Ann White
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 27, 1867
INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted concerning one or all
of the following named persons to wit:
Cisly White, Oscur White, Emily Francis
White, and Lucy Anna White, children of
Jenny White, born in Boone County, Ky.--
the slaves of a man by the name of Stephens.
Mother and all the family sold to Ross, of
Georgetown, Ky., about 18…
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John Bosan looking for his father Abe Bosan
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
January 28, 1886
MR. EDITOR ---- I wise to inquire
for my father; his name was Abe
Bosan; he left me in Shelby county,
Kentucky; he was set free before the
war; he belonged to Thos. Bundon.
He married a lady belonging to
Squire Mitchell, and they sold her
to Nelson Hope, and he moved to
Missouri and my father went with
him; they moved to Lincoln…
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John Hawkins Gibson looking for his brother Israel Carr
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 17, 1881
DEAR EDITOR—My brother Israel Carr, deaf and dumb, went off from this place with a man by the name of Northcraft, a jail contractor, at the time of the exodus to Kansas. Northcraft claimed to live in San Marcos and wanted Israel to stay at his house, do the marketing, etc. I have since written to Northcraft without any reply. Israel had lost the…
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John Thompson and Kitty Owens reunited and married after 25 years
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
January 17, 1894
EX-SLAVES MARRIED.
Two Old Darkies United After a
Separation of Twenty-Five
Years.
The Groom Had But Ninety Cents To
Pay Magistrate Camp For
His Services.
Two ex-slaves who had not seen each
other for twenty-five years, were married
yesterday by Magistrate B. F. Camp at
his office in Court place. The principals
were John…
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Joseph Grosse seeking information about his mother, Matilda Davis's (formerly Matilda Johnson) kin
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 5, 1881
DEAR EDITOR - I desire information
of my mother's kin people. She left
them in Alabama, near Midway or
Five Points. Her father's name was
Mack Hampton; mother's Jennie
Hampton. We all belonged to Mr.
Green Nalley. He sold mother to J.
D. Johnson and mother married a
man who belonged to Johnson named
Phillip Johnson. Mr. Johnson…
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Julia A. Clark seeking information about her brothers Reuben and William Gibbons and her sister America Jane Godsey (2nd of 2 ads)
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 10, 1884
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BROTH
ers and sister, Reuben Gibbons, William
Gibbons and America Jane Godsey. The
last I heard of my brother, Reuben he was
set free and went away before the war
My brother William went over in Illinois,
near Centralia. My sister left Hawkins
county, Tenn., with a man named Steve
Godsey. Any information will be…
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Kitty Presnell (formerly Kitty Paxton) searching for her children Davie, Maria, and Cathrine (2nd of 2 ads placed)
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 8, 1884
MR. EDITOR--Allow me to in-
quire [inquire] for my children whom I left
in Louisiana, at Flat Lake. We
lived with a man in the time of
slavery by the name of Jesse Pax-
ton [Paxton]. He sold me to Erwin Wil-
liams [Williams]. My three children were a
son, Davie, two daughters, Maria
and Cathrine. I was called Kitty
Paxton, but am now…
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Lavinia Carrington seeking her mother Tempy Hall
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 29, 1888
MR. EDITOR—I would like to find my mother; she used to belong to Mrs. Eliza Thompson; her name was Tempy Hall; she was sold from me when I was a little girl; she was sold just before freedom. Her mother was named Binah Hall; her father Jerry Hall. She was sold in Greenville, S. C., by Mrs. Thompson's son, Waddy Thompson. All her relatives live in…
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Lucinda Singletery searching for her unnamed mother and several siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 1, 1882
MR EDITOR -- I wish to find
where mother, brothers and sisters
are. I left mother in Eastern Texas.
When I last heard of her she
was living with a man that bought
her, named Campbell. Mother had
five children when I left her -- one
boy Joe, four girls. The oldest was
Julia Ann Burns. Maria was given
to a man who married in the…
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M. A. Hobson searching for their brother Jack Copp
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 26, 1883
MR. EDITOR:--I wish to inquire for my brother, who left us in Eutaw, Ala., in 1865, and has not been seen since. Owner's name was Mrs. J.H. Copp. His name was then Jack Copp; mother and father, Eliza and Julius Copp. After freedom we took father's name Hobson. We are all alive except Lemuel. Let this be read from all pulpits where the SOUTHWESTERN…
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Mary Ann Ricks seeking her father Cary Guewn
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 2, 1888
MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father. His name was Cary Guewn; mother's name was Winnie She died the year the stars fell. Father left me in Lagrange Ala. His master's name was Jack Risks, daughter's name Livy Ricks. Any information of his whereabouts will be thankfully received. Address Mary Ann Ricks, Palestine, Texas, care J. H. Curry,…
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Mary Ellen Chapman searching for her family
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 14, 1882
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my relatives, father, mother, sisters,
brother, uncles, aunts, grandfather
and grandmother. We all
lived in Virginia. Mothers and
children belonged to David Nolan at
or near Flint Hill, Rappahanock
county. Mother was Emily and
father Henry Williams. He belonged
to Gibb Fletcher and lived in…
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Mary Jane Minter (Formerly Mary Jane Patton) searching for her brother William Lite Dune
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 11, 1880
MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my brother, William Lite Dune. He and I belonged to the widow Patton in Milligan, Arkansas, and when we were freed I came to Texas. My name was then Mary Jane Patton, but is now Mary Jane Minter. Address me at Phelps, Texas; or in care of Rev. B. M. Taylor, box 109, Huntsville, Texas.
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Melindy Stewart searching for her mother Eliza, father Jack, and siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 19, 1880
MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my mother, Eliza; father, Jack, brothers, Alfred, Anthony and Wilson, and sisters Frances and Elvira, who belonged to John Seal, of Colfax, Grant parish, La. Sister Elizabeth and myself came to Texas about twenty-five years ago, with John Seal. The last I heard of my folks mother wrote me directly after…
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Mintie Anderson searching for her father Sam Graham, mother Susan Graham, sisters, and brothers
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 9, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make inquiry for my father, mother, sister and brothers, whom I left in Washington, Md., before the emancipation. My father's name was Sam Graham, mother's Susan Graham, brothers' Jimmy and Moses Graham, and sister's Letbia Ann. She was sold after the death of Col. Platers to Perry Lyles. Her mother's name was Mintie Beans,…
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Mr. Ambrose reunited with his family
National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
October 12, 1865
A FAMILY REUNION. HOW AN ESCAPED SLAVE BECAME WEALTHY AND DISCOVERED HIS RELATIVES. A Chicago paper tells the story of the return to the South of an escaped slave, who had amassed wealth in the North, and recently started on a journey to discover his relatives, whom he found in Louisiana. The story is as follows: "A few years ago, a runaway…
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Mrs. Eliza Cooper searching for her relatives Dinah McSharon and her children Sue, George, and Agnes McCharon
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
February 26, 1898
Do You Know Them?
COLUMBIA S.C., Feb. 21, 1898.
I desire to know the whereabouts
of my relatives. They were carried to
Richmond by Mr John or Robert Mc
Bride from Abbeville, S.C., at the
first year of freedom.
Dinah McSharon, Sue, George and
Agnes McCharon are their names. Dinah
is the mother of these children
Any information…
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Mrs. Francis Chilcoat searching for her siblings Emiline Octavia, Rhoda, John, Henry, and James Leftwich
The Appeal (Chicago, IL)
September 3, 1892
I desire to find my sisters Emeline, Octavia and
Rhoda and my brothers John, Henry and James
Leftwich. We belonged to Maj. Tom Leftwich at
Liberty, Bedford Co., Va., before the war when I
last saw them. In about 1855 I was brought to
Mississippi by a speculator and sold to one Abe
Chilcoat with whom I lived until freedom. My
name was…
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Mrs. Gracie Lowe seeking information about Emma and Philip Tinsley
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
January 12, 1899
We desire information
concerning Emma Tinsley and Phil-
ip Tinsley, who were owned by
Thomas Gregory. I was sold by
Thomas Tines, who married Martha
Gregory, and was taken to Atlanta,
Ga., and stayed there until the war
ended. Any information will be
thankfully received by
Mrs. Gracie Lowe
702 S.…
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Mrs. Jane McGee seeking her son William Pascal McGee and daughters Isabella and Easter Fanny McGee
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)
April 17, 1867
INFORMATION WANTED
OF MY SON WM. PASCAL MCGEE, and two daughters, Isabella and Easter Fanny McGee. My son was in 2d Kansas Colored Infantry, Company H. Any information concerning either of them will be thankfully received. I was formerly a servant of Mrs. Jane Gillespie, of Louisville, Tenn, Address JANE MCGEE
mar20[undecipherable] Box 227,…
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Mrs. Malinda Powels searching for her mother, father, and three sisters
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 5, 1884
MR. EDITOR― I wish to find the whereabouts of my mother and father and three sisters. Mother's name was Caroline Dupree, father Alfred; sisters Mary, Zelphia and Rachel. I left them in Alabama near the town of Campelton; we all belonged to Mr. John Dupree; after emancipation mother hired s to a Mr. Bob Echols. We (myself, and brother, Ben…
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Mrs. Woodsen finds sister Mrs. Culton after 42-year separation
Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA)
July 12, 1891
WERE SOLD IN SLAVERY.
Story of Two Sisters Who Were Reunited
After Forty-Two Years.
BONNE TERRE, Mo., July 11.--An event
rather out of the usual line occurred here
this week in the meeting of two sisters,col-
ored women, who under the operation of the
old slavery regime were separated 42 years
ago, when both were children, and had…
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Nelson Hart searching for his sister Harriet Shipley
The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)
July 30, 1863
INFORMATION WANTED--Of Harriett Shipley,
(colored) a light mulatto. She left St.
Louis about five weeks since, and went up
the Mississippi river with a number of other
contrabands, and is supposed to be now in
Minnesota. She is about twenty-one years of
age, a light mulatto, and has been brought up
to house work. Any information concerning…
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R. N. Ivy searching for their father
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 19, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I want to find my father. He left us about two years before emancipation. We once belonged to a man named Ben Jvy, near Livingston, Sumpter Co., Ala., next to John T. Smith. I know the old man is old and needs his children to work for him. The oldest was Judy, next Patrick, Ransom, Cora, Peter and Emma Ivy. We are all living in…
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Rachel Davis searching for her daughter Abbie Davis
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
August 5, 1865
INFORMATION WANTED
Of Abbie Davis, daughter of Rachel Davis,
who was born at Wilmington, Delaware. She
was carried to Cuba, by Mr.Guelle, for Mr.
Peter Bodway, over thirty-five years ago.
Since then she had been with Mr. Martin, of
Texas, and latterly with Mr. A. Bell of New
Orleans. She kept a wash house in New Or-
leans, about 1862…
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