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 Mary Roberts (formerly Mary Handy) searching for her two sons George Willis and Baxter Hewes Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 25, 1880 Robert F. Sturdivant (formerly Robert Freer) searching for his aunt Henrietta Eaton Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 8, 1880 James Wilson searching for his siblings William, Harkles, and Bermiller Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 4, 1879 Rev. J. C. Skinner searching for his brother Edward Avington Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 20, 1879 L. S. Deckard (formerly Martha Booman) searching for her family, including father Jarrett Booman and mother Leanah Booman Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 13, 1879 Reverend Lymas A. Anders (formerly Lymas Cook) searching for Gideon Cook, Betsy Cook, and their children The Freedman (Boston, MA) February, 1869 Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory) May 4, 1884 Fanny Strong searching for her parents Joe and Sallie and her siblings Sucky, Dollie, Rachel, Joseph, and Green or her former enslaver's family Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) May 13, 1907 James Henry Johnson searching for his mother Betsy and sisters Mary, Ellen, Harriet, and Rose Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) April 4, 1872 Miss Sophia Bishop searching for her brother Kinnett Claggett Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) February 14, 1889 Katie Hubbard searching for her father Ben Berket (formerly Berket Doncler) The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) February 23, 1900 T. & W. searching for an unnamed woman formerly enslaved by Mrs. Worthington Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) December 18, 1867 Mrs. L. M. Spencer (white) searching for Mrs. Katie Williams Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) October 18, 1889 J. Marshall searching for his wife Mary Marshall New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA) April 19, 1868 Jno. W. Ballard searching for Jas. Coz and Scott Brannom The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH) March 26, 1887 Unnamed father searching for his daughter Rachael The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) August 25, 1865 Lucinda Pillow (formerly Lucinda Hargrave) searching for her siblings George and Fannie Hargrave The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) January 26, 1895 Sallie Johnson seeking her sisters Lucretia, Eliza, and Polly Sadler The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) August 25, 1894 Robert Brown seeking his grandfather Elijah Brown, grand uncle Edward Brown, and brother William Brown The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) March 31, 1894 Sam Russell searching for his mother Goodly and siblings The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) August 8, 1896 Maria Warmley (formerly Maria Colwell) seeking information about her father Charles, mother Sarah Ann, and siblings The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) October 14, 1893 Susan Anderson (formerly Susan Burrus) seeking information about her mother Rachel and her father Martin The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) March 3, 1894 Unnamed person searching for Julia Bealer The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) May 16, 1891 Mrs. Lucy Williams searching for mother Lucy Williams and grandmother Louisa Williams. The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) February 5, 1916 Harriet Shepard looking for her son Stanton Shepard The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) January 1, 1885 of 13
