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Eliza Green 4-7-1884.tif

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 7, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to find my
mother, whom I left in Missouri.
She was Frankie Hightower, be-
longed [belonged] to Bill Hightower. My
brothers, Cane, Bruce, Lee and
Brown and sister Fannie were sold
to Lem Jones and brought to Texas
in war time. I left mother and
three brothers in Springfield, Mis-
souri [Missouri]. I was sold…

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 24, 1884

MR. EDITOR––Allow me to in-
quire [inquire] for a relative of mine, it is my
child; she was sold from me when
about 10 years old. We were form-
erly [formerly] servants of Elizabeth Hoflers.
Her name was Sarah Francis
Brown. My name at that time was
Eliza Fry. She was carried South
by a man named McGill, and was
sold to a man in…

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The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1885

I want to find my brother; his
name is Henry Perkins. We used
to belong to Wm. Perkins, in Car-
roll [Carroll] county, Mo. He sold me to a
Mr. Matlack and he carried me to
Little Rock, Ark. There were three
brothers of us--Henry, George and
Lewis. I was not old enough to
know the sisters names; they were
very small, but I remember…

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 23, 1884

MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
for my brothers, Henry Perkins and
George Washington. When last
heard from they were in St. Louis,
Mo., three years ago. We be
longed [belonged] to Perkins, and in 1843 were
sold to the speculator Matlock and
brought to Texas. Father was
Harrison Perkins, mother Caroline,
and we lived near Springfield.…

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 15, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire
for my relatives. My mother was
named Hannah Hellard; my father
was John Hellard; my sisters are
as follows: Jencey, Flora and Lucy;
brothers are John, Benjamin and
Miles Calvern; my mother had
twins, but I do not remember their
names. I was sold to a man named
Bill Haden, and brought to Alabama,…

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The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my mother's people, whom she
left in Norfolk, Va. Her mother's
name was Betsy Ridley; her father
Thomas Moseley; sisters, Lizzie,
Georgana; brother, William. She
was sold from Ridley to Ruskin,
and he sold me to a negro trader by
the name of Mr. Hall. I left them
in 1850 or '51, and was…

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The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 12, 1884

MR. EDITOR––I wish to find my
sister Francis. We all belonged
to the Austins, at Chillicote, Mis-
souri [Missouri]. My mother was Cloa, she
came to her death by hanging her-
self [herself]. There were three children of
us, brother Amos, sister Francis
and myself, Caroline. Sister Fran-
cis [Francis] was sold about 26 or 27 years…

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 22, 1885

MR. EDITOR: I [undecipherable] to inquire
about my mother. Our old home
was near Britton's Cross Road,
Bertie county, North Carolina, we
belonged to Powell Herrill, then;
Mother and Uncle Charley were
bought and carried to or near
Houston, Texas, by a widow lady,
Polly Johnson and her son James.
She gave Uncle Charley and fam
ily…

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 7, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my mother, three brothers and
sister. My parents were named
Jim and Kitty Caruthers. My
brothers were Jim Whiting and
John and George Caruthers. My
sister was named Rachel Rose. We
all belonged to a man named Wm.
Caruthers. When I was eight years
old my brother Jim Whiting and I
were sold to a…

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The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 26, 1884

I wish to inquire for my people
who lived east of Vicksburg, Miss.,
about the second or third year of
the war. I was then six or seven
years of age, and was taken from
home by some Southern soldiers
who brought me to Texas, and I
was sold three times. When I was
taken the soldier drew a gun on my
step-father and made him put me…

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Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)

January 1, 1898

FINDS LONG LOST SON
DOWEN YOUNG MEETS HIS MOTHER AFTER 36 YEARS

A Mother Sold and Separated From her Family in 1861, Found and Presented to her Son as a Christmas gift in 1897.

The happiest Christmas in all the great city of Chicago was, at the modest home of Dowen Young, No. 3142 Fifth avenue. It was a reunion of a mother and son torn apart…

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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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The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

June 4, 1892

SILAS MITCHELL-I wish to find Silas Mitchell
son of Mrs. Harriett Mitchell. He was born in
Northumberland Co., Va. He was taken from his
mother the second year of the civil war. Any in-
formation will be thankfully received by Miss
Harriett Hunt, New Philadelphia, Ohio, 5-28-92.

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1883

DEAR EDITOR- I desire to in-
quire for my people. Mother was
Pearline, stepfather was Sam.
Mother had two sets of children.
There were five of us, and two died
before I left home. The oldest,
Sophronia, was sold first; there
were Fannie, Morgan, Anderson
and myself. Parents belonged to
John Ronden. The old man and I
was sold to a…

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 9, 1883

DEAR EDITOR:-- I am inquiring
for my relatives. I am from Cambridge,
Dosset county, Md. I was
owned by Dr. Terbner. My name
is Mary. I came from there about
the year 1855 to New Orleans.
I was brought by trader Wilson,
and sold to H. L. Green. My father
was named Thomas, and my
mother's name was Emily. I had
a sister by the name…

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The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

January 10, 1891

LEWIS HAMPTON-MASSEY.––He was a slave,
and at the age of five or six years was taken from
the town of Chesterfield, S.C., by a man named
Gideon, who took him to Florida between 1850 and
1860. Our master's name was Jas. Massey, who
owned large grist mill and distillery on Lynch's
Creek. Address Wade Hampton, Clear Creek,
N. Y.

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 18, 1886

MR. EDITOR--I wish, through
the columns of your valuable
paper, to inquire for my mother,
brother and sister whom I have not
seen or heard from since the war.
My mother's name is Jane Patter-
son [Patterson]; she used to belong to William
Patterson who lived at Brickie's
Landing, on the Mississippi river.
She had four children,…

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 26, 1883

DEAR EDITOR. --I desire infor-
mation [information] of my people, who were for-
merly [formerly] owned by the Diggs family.
My mother was Maria Diggs;
father, Kitt Diggs. Mother had
nine children. Sisters were Sally,
Frances, Susan and and Fillis; my
brothers--Peter, James, Robert and
Kitt; nine is Richard Diggs now,
but when…

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1883

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my father and mother. I was sold at the courthouse Pittsylvavania county, Virginia. My mother was Lettie, and father George Clark. I had sisters, Tempie and Martha Ann. Sister Tempie was sold when I was about ten years of age to a trader. Sister Martha Ann and I were sold to Martin Auze, who took us to Alabama,…

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 7, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- Kind sir I desire to inquire through your paper for my mother. Her name is Louise, but she was called Lucy. She used to belong to Judge James, of Galveston, Texas. Her mother was named Rebecca Thomas; she belonged to Shaws, and her brother's are John, Dan and Denis; her sisters are Mary and Eliza; they all came from Baltimore to…

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The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

September 28, 1867

PERSONAL. - Information wanted of the whereabouts of TEXANA JOHNSON, a colored woman, about eighteen or twenty years of age, who was sold in Richmond during the war, and is supposed to be living in one of the southern States. Her mother resides in this city, and will be thankful for any information addressed to her here. CHARLOTTE JOHNSON.

se…

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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 20, 1897

Do You Know Them? I would like to find the where abouts of my people whom I left in the state of Virginia some 40 or 50 years ago and send me your price. My son put a notice in your paper sometime ago about his father's people and has found them, Mr. Mark Messer. I belonged to a man named Jack Thrift I don't know how far it was from Petersburg, but…

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The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC)

February 27, 1901

Information Wanted.
William Lewis, a colored man, has written to the Sheriff from Nashville Tennessee for information about his people. He was born in Abbeville District and his parents belonged to David Glymph. His father was named Bill, and his mother was named Nancy or Jennie. His master had a son named Benson. His father was a tall yellow…

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 15, 1883

MR. EDITOR: I wish to make
inquiry for my mother. We were
separated in Cambridge, Maryland,
the year I do not remember.
At that time we belonged to Dr.
Everson, and I was sold to a
trader named Wilson, and was
brought to New Orleans, and from
there to San Antonio. My name
at that time was Amy Stanly,
but when sold was changed to…

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The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 26, 1886

Mr. Editor - I have a brother
who was sold in the South before
the war. I learned a week or ten
days ago that he had been seen in
New Orleans. His name is
Marshall Grandison, but I suppose he
goes by the name of his old master.
We were servants of one
William S. Carter, of Louisa county,
Virginia. Brother was a cart boy
on the…

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