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  • Found refers to ads that announce a person has been found. These ads often describe the search and include details about the reunion or upcoming reunion. The ads identified by this tag often detail years’ long searches and testify to the persistent desire of formerly enslaved people to reconnect with family and loved ones.

Unnamed father and son reunited

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Mrs. Josephine Bass found her relatives

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Mrs. D. Thornell reunited with her father William Moss

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Unnamed person replying to search for Mr. James Harris and Mrs. Rebecca Harris

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Mr. Ambrose reunited with his family

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Mrs. Ellen Craft finds her mother

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Milton Douglas reuniting with his wife

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Jo Hill replying to their mother Betsy Hill and sisters Margaret and Fanny Hill

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Reverend P. H. Wade sharing knowledge on the whereabouts of Green Hicks

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Letitia Rodgers replying to brother-in-law Rev. James Kellogg

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Mary Johnson found her son Charles Jackson

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Anderson Banks found his brother Madison Banks

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 W. H. Milligan providing address to those inquiring

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Frederick Douglass reunites with his brother Perry after 40 years separation

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James Dogan found his first wife and his family

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Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby

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Ellen Johnson reunited with her mother after 50 years

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Jeff Frierson and Mary Burt reunited and remarried after 44-year separation

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Green Morgan and Prudence Croan reunited and remarried after 30-year separation

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Vina Johnson reunited with her husband George Perry after 43 years

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Two sons find their father after decades-long separation

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Woman reunited with her first husband after more than 50-year separation

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Mary Stowers found her son Willis Green after 28-year separation

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