Keyword Year How to Search Advanced Search Showing 45 ads Tags: literacy Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Bee (Ripley, OH)Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA)Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)The Austin Weekly Statesman (Austin, TX)The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)The Jacksonville Daily Journal (Jacksonville, IL)The Liberator (Boston, MA)The McCook Tribune (McCook, NE)The National Tribune (Washington, DC)The New York World (New York, NY)The Newberry Herald (Newberry, SC)The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV) Tags literacyAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil Warcontrabandsdowrydying wishemancipationemigrationescapedestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfoundfree people of colorfreedgrandparent(s)heir(s)left with Union Armyletter to the editormanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple admultiple adsparent(s)physical descriptionReconstructionremarriedresistancereunionrunawaysailorsearching for former enslaverself-emancipationsibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersold southspouseU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored Troopsuncle(s)Underground Railroaduntranscribedveteranwhite newspaperwidow O. B. Armstrong searching for fellow servicemembers The National Tribune (Washington, DC) September 29, 1910 Jane Walker searching for her relations The Newberry Herald (Newberry, SC) April 21, 1875 D. J. Price searching for his nephew Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 31, 1882 Caroline Jones searching for her brother Oscar Jones Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA) June 8, 1882 Mrs. Fanny Barber searching for her son John Barber Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 16, 1882 Vianna McQueen searching for her daughter Eveline Wagner Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 9, 1882 Mrs. Ann Read (formerly Clarissa) searching for her mother Perline, sister Sephrony, and brother Anderson or any family (1st of 2 ads placed) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 19, 1882 Dennis Perkins searching for his mother Susan Perkins Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 6, 1880 Lucy Clarke searching for her mother Nancy Love Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 18, 1880 Naro Gillespie seeking information about his father Charles and several siblings (1st of 3 ads) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 15, 1880 Rev. C. Mays seeking information about his son Collin Rufus Mays Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 4, 1878 George T. Smith searching for his brother John W. Hines Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West) December 22, 1855 Sandy Sprattly seeking information of her mother Canddis Sprattly and sister Manervie Sprattly Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) June 22, 1895 William Ransom searching for his brothers Benton and James Ransom The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 2, 1895 Henry Flood searching for his parents Wm. and Charlotte Flood, and his siblings Alexander, Maria, Louisa, Ann, and Rose The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17, 1887 Nancy Jones seeking information about her son Allen Jones The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) May 20, 1886 Alice Ann Dungill (formerly Alice Ann Moore) looking for her aunt Rebecca Cornel or uncle Aaron Moore The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) August 30, 1883 J. W. Williams seeking information of his grandparents Joshua and Mahala Williams or any of their descendants The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 21, 1893 Agnes Taylor seeking information about her son Watson The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 19, 1870 Mary Jane Drew Coleman Burnett seeks information about her mother Evaline Jone Drew The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 29, 1900 of 2