Female Enslavers

Adame, Alex

About this folder

This folder contains ads that highlight enslaved individuals or their family with female enslavers, challenging the misconception that white women were passive bystanders in slavery. These ads confront white women's participation in the practice of slavery to reveal a deeper understanding of power dynamics specifically regarding gender.

Mrs. Chamberlaine looking for her son Jefferson Chamberlaine, son-in-law Orange, and daughter Matilda

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 19, 1866

Margaret Battle searching for her father Joe Bround

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA

July 8, 1880

Thomas Pierce searching for his brother Martin Lipcombe

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1880

Mrs. Winnie Raynolds searching for her mother Fannie Vann and sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 12, 1880

Jason McCloud searching for his father Jason, mother Rosa, siblings, wife, and children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 31, 1879

John Colbert Skinner (formerly John Gray) searching for his brother Edward Allington

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

Jack Robinson (formerly Jack Boils) searching for his mother Mary Boils and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 10, 1880

George Pettis seeking Sam, Armstead, Rhoda, and Eliza Davis

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 28, 1888

Malissa Baker (formerly Malissa Robertson) searching for Bettie and Mary Hicks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1888

Isaac Allen searching for his brothers Rufus and James Allen

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 24, 1881

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