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Colored Troopsuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Jason McCloud searching for his father Jason, mother Rosa, siblings, wife, and children Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 31, 1879 Harriet Elizabeth King searching for her father Richard Lynch, mother Nancy King, and daughter Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 4, 1880 Litt Malone searching for their mother Eliza Malone Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 9, 1879 Charles Henry Turner searching for his brother Thomas Turner Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 31, 1879 Anthony Echoles searching for his mother Julia Echoles, two brothers, and sister Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 7, 1879 Harriet Bedford searching for her mother Easter Hall and father Henry Hall Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 25, 1888 Annie Carpenter searching for her brothers Anthony and Ned Carpenter Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 18, 1879 George Terry seeking his sister Lucy Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 14, 1888 Richard Woods searching for his mother Lucy Hankins Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 19, 1879 Mrs. Bettie Howell searching for her siblings Ann, Caroline, and Ben Warren Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 8, 1879 Eddie Manuel (formerly Eve Gregg) searching for her children January and Beckey Grimbol Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 16, 1889 Mrs. Martha Brown searching for her father Caesar Jackson Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 10, 1879 London Morris searching for his mother Ann, father Fanshon Cox, and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) June 12, 1879 Martin W. 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