Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 8 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...New National Era (Washington, DC)Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH) Item Type Ad Tags self-purchaseAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchchanged nameCivil WarConfederate States Armyescapedfamily historyforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorfreedlocation knownmanumittedmigration (north)migration (west)ministermultiple adsReconstructionresistancereunion successfulrunawayself-emancipationsibling(s)simultaneous searchslave tradeslave tradersold southuncle(s)Underground Railroadwhite newspaper Letitia E. Rodgers searching for her brother Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 16, 1880 Jack McReynolds searching for his uncle Bill Orterson Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 28, 1880 Brothers Joshua Collins and Solomon Collins meet in Cincinnati after decades-long separation The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH) October 17, 1867 Mr. Goosland [Rev. Matthew Goosland], sold in 1847, finds his sister New National Era (Washington, DC) April 11, 1872 Andrew Jackson searching for Anty Jackson's sons Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) April 9, 1921 Mrs. Sarah Bell searching for her sister Julia (also known as Judy) (2 of 2 ads) Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) May 14, 1898 Rev. H. J. Young searching for Moses and Lewis Davis on behalf of Jefferson Davis [former enslaved man] Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West) May 10, 1856 Rev. Wesley J. Gains searching for Reuben Evans The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 28, 1866