Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery

by Heather Andrea Williams

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After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant "information wanted" advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide readers back to devastating moments of family separation during slavery when people were sold away from parents, siblings, spouses, and children. Williams explores the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807835544

ISBN13:9780807835548

Release Date:January 2012

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.38 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Abolition African-American Studies Discrimination & Racism History Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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