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Status
Completed
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>MR. EDITOR— I desire to inquire for my brother. He belonged to one Shars (I do not know his first name), of Wytheville, Va. Brother's name is Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver. Mother's name was Millie. She belonged to John Woort at the time brother was sold to Bob Sanders, a negro trader, who took him to New Orleans. Brother worked and bought himself. He was living in New Orleans the last I heard from him—he sent me a small tin box with $100 in it. He was the oldest child and I am the youngest. I was taken away from all my people. Mother is dead. Brother was a member of the M. E. Church. Please address me at Lavernia, Texas.
LETITIA E. RODGERS.
</p></div>
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Title
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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
Description
An account of the resource
1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889
Text
Newspaper advertisements
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Title
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Letitia E. Rodgers searching for her brother Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lost Friends Ad
Description
An account of the resource
Letitia E. Rodgers searching for her brother Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver. Her brother was sold to Bob Sanders before working to purchase his freedom. Last he was heard from, Arthur was living in New Orleans, Louisiana. The siblings' mother was Millie.
Source
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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
September 16, 1880
Relation
A related resource
Lavernia, TX
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
New Orleans, LA
Wytheville, VA
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Kristin Bridges
Scripto
Status
To transcribe
Percent Completed
100
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>MR. EDITOR— I desire to inquire for my brother. He belonged to one Shars (I do not know his first name), of Wytheville, Va. Brother's name is Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver. Mother's name was Millie. She belonged to John Woort at the time brother was sold to Bob Sanders, a negro trader, who took him to New Orleans. Brother worked and bought himself. He was living in New Orleans the last I heard from him—he sent me a small tin box with $100 in it. He was the oldest child and I am the youngest. I was taken away from all my people. Mother is dead. Brother was a member of the M. E. Church. Please address me at Lavernia, Texas.
LETITIA E. RODGERS.
</p></div>
Weight
dd
African Methodist Episcopal Church
forced migration
former enslaver
free people of color
self-emancipation
self-purchase
sibling(s)
slave trade
slave trader
sold south
untranscribed
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Status
Completed
Transcription
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my uncle, Bill Orterson. Dicy McReynolds was my mother's name. My father was Jack McReynolds. Bill Orterson is my mother's brother. I never saw him, though I heard that he purchased his liberty before the war. A son of uncle Bill's was in Jefferson, Texas, since the war, in search of his father's brother, Dicy McReynolds. Tom Bell, a son of James McReynolds, told me that he had been on uncle Bill's farm in Louisiana. Address me at Austin, Texas.
JACK MCREYNOLDS.
</p></div>
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Title
A name given to the resource
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
Description
An account of the resource
1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889
Text
Newspaper advertisements
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Title
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Jack McReynolds searching for his uncle Bill Orterson
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lost Friends Ad
Description
An account of the resource
Jack McReynolds searching for his uncle, Bill Orterson. He purchased his freedom before the war.
Source
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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
October 28, 1880
Relation
A related resource
Austin, TX
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Jefferson, TX
LA (Louisiana)
Contributor
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Kristin Bridges
Scripto
Status
To transcribe
Percent Completed
100
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
<div class="mw-parser-output">
<p>DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my uncle, Bill Orterson. Dicy McReynolds was my mother's name. My father was Jack McReynolds. Bill Orterson is my mother's brother. I never saw him, though I heard that he purchased his liberty before the war. A son of uncle Bill's was in Jefferson, Texas, since the war, in search of his father's brother, Dicy McReynolds. Tom Bell, a son of James McReynolds, told me that he had been on uncle Bill's farm in Louisiana. Address me at Austin, Texas. JACK MCREYNOLDS.</p>
</div>
Weight
dd
free people of color
freed
self-emancipation
self-purchase
simultaneous search
uncle(s)
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The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)
Description
An account of the resource
1864, 1867, 1869, 1873
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Ohio
Canada
Kentucky
Virginia
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Brothers Joshua Collins and Solomon Collins meet in Cincinnati after decades-long separation
Subject
The topic of the resource
Other (Newspaper Article)
Description
An account of the resource
They ran into each other in 1867. From Fleming County, Kentucky. Joshua bought his freedom in 1849. Solomon escaped to Canada in 1837.
The Cincinnati Commercial, October 10, 1867, published a much longer account of these brothers' reunion. For an online reprinted version of this longer article, see the Wilmington Daily Post (Wilmington, NC), October 15, 1867, pg. 1, newspapers.com.
Source
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The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)
Date
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October 17, 1867
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress
Relation
A related resource
Cincinnati, OH
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Canada
Fleming County, KY
Scripto
Transcription
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Two brothers, colored, met in the streets of Cincinnati, last Sunday, after a separation of sixty years. Their names are Joshua and Solomon Collins. They were both formerly slaves in Fleming county, Virginia. Joshua bought his freedom in 1849, and re-moved to Cincinnati, where he has since resided. Solomon ran away from his master, then living in Ken-tucky, in 1837, and made his way safe-ly to Canada. The meeting was pure-ly accidental, and, of course, was en-joyed by the two old men. Joshua is eighty-two years old, and Solomon over sixty.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
found
manumitted
migration (north)
migration (west)
resistance
reunion
self-purchase
Underground Railroad
white newspaper
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New National Era (Washington, DC)
Description
An account of the resource
1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Ohio
Virginia
Alabama
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Mr. Goosland [Rev. Matthew Goosland], sold in 1847, finds his sister
Subject
The topic of the resource
Newspaper Article
Description
An account of the resource
Mr. Goosland, Oberlin found his family after 25 years. The newspaper quotes letter he wrote to his wife in 1847, shortly after he was sold and taken from Wytheville, VA, to Mobile, AL.
Bigglestone, William E., They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century (1981), 86 (accessed books.google.com): "Matthew Goosland, born a slave in Virginia between 1811 and 1824, was sold in 1846 and taken to Alabama. A few years before the Civil War he purchased his freedom and by 1860 had made his way to Oberlin because he wanted to attend school..."
History of Lorain County Ohio (1879), 186 (accessed books.google.com): "About 1868, Rev. Mathew Goosland, who had been a slave, and had bought his own freedom, began to hold meetings for the colored people in Peck's hall, and members of the [Oberlin] college faculty preached occasionally to them."
Source
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New National Era (Washington, DC)
Date
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April 11, 1872
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Publisher
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress
Relation
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Oberlin, OH
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Wytheville, VA
Mobile, AL
Scripto
Transcription
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Story of a Slave Family.
The following is the story of a Mr. Goos-
land [Goosland], now a resident of Oberlin:
In 1847 he was sold from his wife and chil-
dren [children] in Wytheville, Virginia, and taken to
Mobile Alabama, where, after seven years
of great economy, he purchased his freedom
for the sum of $750. Soon after gaining his
freedom he found his way to Oberlin, where
he still resides. Mr. Goosland lost all trace
of his family and friends, and was unable to
find them until last January, when he chanced
to hear of his sister, who soon after came to
Oberlin on a visit, and is still here. A letter
which Mr. Goosland wrote to his family after
reaching Mobile, bearing date May 13, 1847,
is still preserved. In this letter Mr. Goos-
land [Goosland] deplores the sad fate which has thrust
him from his family, but expresses a Chris-
tian [Christian] submission to his lot and a hope that he
may meet them in a better world. He says:
"My dear wife, permit me to appeal to you
to serve God, you and all of your children,
and be forever faithful, and should I never
see you more in this world, O, may I meet
you in Heaven above, where the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at rest."
This letter is tear-stained and crumbled and
torn, and looks as if the poor wife had car-
ried [carried] it next her heart for a score of years.
It is one of those damning proofs with which
God will confront the slaveholder in the final
account.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
found
manumitted
migration (north)
Reconstruction
self-emancipation
self-purchase
sibling(s)
slave trade
sold south
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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
Description
An account of the resource
1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
West Virginia
Virginia
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Title
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Andrew Jackson searching for Anty Jackson's sons
Subject
The topic of the resource
Do You Know Them? Ad
Description
An account of the resource
Andrew Jackson, Baxter, WV, searching for Anty Jackson's sons. Anty Jackson bought his freedom by working in the gold mines.
Source
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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
Date
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April 9, 1921
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Publisher
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
Coverage
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Baxter, WV
Richmond, VA ("or in Virginia somewhere")
Scripto
Transcription
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DO YOU KNOW THEM?
I desire to know the whereabouts
of Anty Jackson's sons, who lived in
Richmond or in Virginia somewhere
during slavery times. He was an old
man, who bought his freedom by
working in the gold mines and after
the surrender, he married a Creole.
Any information concerning him on
his relatives will be thankfully received
by,
ANDREW JACKSON,
Baxter, West Virginia.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
Civil War
manumitted
resistance
self-purchase
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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
Description
An account of the resource
1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Connecticut
North Carolina
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Mrs. Sarah Bell searching for her sister Julia (also known as Judy) (2nd of 2 ads)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Do You Know Them? Ad
Description
An account of the resource
Mrs. Sarah Bell seeking information of her sister, Julia (nicknamed Judy), who was sold from New Bern, NC before the Civil War.
Bell also placed an ad in the Anglo-African (New York, NY) under the name Sally Stevens on August 12, 1865, looking for her sister Judy.
Source
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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
Date
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May 14, 1898
Contributor
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Chris Byrd
Coverage
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New Bern, NC
Relation
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New Haven, CT
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
DO YOU KNOW THEM?
New Haven, Conn. May 6, '98
I desire information on the
whereabouts of one Julia, nick named Judy,
daughter of Siddy Stevens and John
(or Tim Stevens), born in New Berne,
N.C. She was sold from that place
about one or two years before the Civil
War. Judy had a sister Sally who was
bought from James C. Stevenson by
her father, Tim Stevens of New Haven.
She in turn bought her mother,
Siddy Stevens from James C. Stevenson.
In the meantime Judy was sold
to one John Banger a German baker of
New Berne, who sold her to speculators
and they carried farther south,
nothing has been heard of her since.
All information thankfully received
by her sister.
MRS. SARAH ( SALLY) BELL,
29 Eaton St., New Haven, Conn.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
changed name
family history
former enslaver
freed
manumitted
migration (north)
resistance
self-emancipation
self-purchase
slave trade
slave trader
sold south
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Provincial Freeman (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)
Description
An account of the resource
1854, 1855, 1856
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Canada
Virginia
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Rev. H. J. Young searching for Moses and Lewis Davis on behalf of Jefferson Davis [former enslaved man]
Subject
The topic of the resource
Information Wanted Ad
Description
An account of the resource
Rev. H. J. Young searching for Jefferson Davis's brothers Moses and Lewis Davis. The Davis brothers attempted to escape enslavement in Loudon County, VA but were separated after being chased by slave catchers.
Source
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Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)
Date
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May 10, 1856
Contributor
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Margaret Strolle
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Loudon County, VA
Canada
Relation
A related resource
Chatham-Kent, ON
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
INFORMATION WANTED.
JEFFERSON DAVIS in company with his
brothers Moses and Lewis, left Loudon
County Virginia, about eleven years ago in
search of freedom, but on their way they was
attacked by slave-catchers, at which time a battle
ensued, resulting in the capture of Jefferson,
while the other two Moses and Lewis effected
their escape; but since Jefferson has purchased
himself and came to Canada.
Any one knowing any of the above named
persons, will receive a reward of $5, by making
the same known to the Rev. H.J. Young, Elder
of the M.E. Church, Chatham, C.W.
Chatham, May 2nd, 1856. 3
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
escaped
migration (north)
minister
resistance
runaway
self-emancipation
self-purchase
sibling(s)
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The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
Description
An account of the resource
1863-1902
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Georgia
Pennsylvania
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Rev. Wesley J. Gains searching for Reuben Evans
Subject
The topic of the resource
Information wanted Ad
Description
An account of the resource
Rev. Wesley J. Gains searching for Reuben Evans who purchased his freedom from Robert Toombs.
Source
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The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
Date
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July 28, 1866
Contributor
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Margaret Strolle
Coverage
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Philadelphia, PA
Relation
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Columbus, GA
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
INFORMATION WANTED
Of Reuben Evans, who bought himself from
Robert Toombs, (ex-Confederate General,) in
1843. He was seen in Philadelphia in October,
1865, by Rev. W. H. Gains. Address
REV. WESLEY J. GAINS,
Columbus, Ga.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
Confederate States Army
former enslaver
migration (north)
minister
Reconstruction
resistance
self-purchase