Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 317 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Afro-American (Baltimore, MD)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Baptist Herald (Paducah, KY)Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY)Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Freedmen’s Record (Boston, MA)Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)National Freedman's Savings Bank (Washington, D.C.)New Era (Washington, DC)New National Era (Washington, DC)New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA)New York Herald (New York, NY)Osawatomie Graphic (Osawatomie, KS)Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC)Southwestern Christian AdvocateSouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LASouthwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)The Buffalo Review (Buffalo, NY)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)The Colored Citizen (Cincinnati, OH)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC)The Freedman (Boston, MA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Southern Workman (Hampton, VA)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) Item Type Ad Tags female enslaverAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adaunt(s)changed namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate States Armycontrabandsconvictedcustodydebtdeceaseddowrydying wishemancipationenslaver looking for former slaveescapedestateestate divisionfamily historyforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorfreedFreedmen's Bureaugrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outinheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)multiple adsparent(s)person with a disabilityphysical descriptionprobateReconstructionremarriedresistancerewardrunawaysearching for former enslaverself-emancipationSherman's Armysibling(s)skilled tradeslave tradeslave tradersold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolensuicideU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored CavalryU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored Troopsuncle(s)veteranwhite newspaperwidow Maria Caldwell searching for her father Hillary Wilson, sister Eddie, uncle Peter, cousin Caroline, and grandmother Nancy William Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 12, 1877 Lucy Patterson searching for her mother Mary Carmichael and brother James Mason Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 13, 1877 Thaddeus Sims searching for Aggie Venable Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 4, 1877 B. F. Williams seeking information about their brother Edmond Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 1, 1877 Mrs. Elmyra Winn looking for her father Walker Haskins Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) June 30, 1894 Richard Crow (also known as John Rice) seeking information about his siblings James, Marie, Harriet, Clara, Lizzie, and Dave Crow (2nd of 2 ads) Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) June 23, 1894 Unnamed person looking for Eliza Larkman Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) October 13, 1906 Mrs. Jane McGee seeking her son William Pascal McGee and daughters Isabella and Easter Fanny McGee Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN) April 17, 1867 Charles Fisher (formerly Charles Macpike) searching for Maria Macpike and William Montjon and several Macpike family members Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West) March 10, 1855 Robert T. Lewis looking for his mother Seely Mullins and several siblings Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) March 18, 1893 Henry Gray (formerly Henry McElroy) searching for his daughter Abba (1st of 2 ads) The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 3, 1889 William Lane (formerly William Perry) looking for his stepson George Davis The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 3, 1889 Miss Sophia Bishop looking for her brother Kinnett Claggett The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 12, 1888 Margaret Debro (formerly Harriet Diggs) seeking information about her mother Lucy Diggs The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) September 19, 1889 Amanda Fields seeking information about her father Joseph Mias The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) November 29, 1888 Molly Moody seeking information about her brothers Jerry and Reuben Burks The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) July 23, 1896 Edward Johnson searching for his parents Isaac and Prudence and siblings Drucilla, Victoria, Ike, and Charles Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 18, 1890 Wm. Oliver Holmes looking for his sister Mary Holmes Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) September 13, 1890 Mrs. Charlotte Haskins searching for her children Harriet, Oscar, Louisa, and Sarah The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) March 22, 1890 Issac Bray seeking his father Carter Bray The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) January 13, 1900 Rachel Rogers seeking brothers Nick and Nussau Sanders and sister Sookie Toles Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) July 7, 1900 John E. Smith looking for his mother Catherine Smith, brothers James and Alfred, sister Mary, and uncle James Dudley The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) December 9, 1899 Julia Ann Page searching for her mother Mora Jackson (formerly Mora Page) The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) August 31, 1895 Mrs. Mary C. Smith searching for her sisters Emily and Sarah Smith The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) April 27, 1895 Sarah E. Wilson looking for her uncle John Haskins The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) April 25, 1895 of 13
