Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 258 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY)Daily Newbernian (New Bern, NC)Evening Star (Washington, DC)Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)National Republican (Washington, DC)Osawatomie Graphic (Osawatomie, KS)Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)San Francisco Elevator (San Francisco, CA)Southern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)Southwestern Christian Advocate, (New Orleans, LA)St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)The Andrew County Republican (Savannah, MO)The Appeal (Chicago, IL)The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, NY)The Buffalo Review (Buffalo, NY)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Colored American (Washington, DC)The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)The Daily State Journal (Richmond, VA)The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The New York World (New York, NY)The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)The Southern Letter (Tuskegee, AL)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The Twice-a-Week Independent (Coffeyville, KS)The Weekly Mississippi Pilot (Jackson, MS)Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) [Ad copied from the Zion Church Advocate, published in Washington, DC, with commentary by the editor of the Vermont Phoenix] Item Type Ad Tags slave traderAfrican Methodist Episcopal Churchantebellum adArmy Hospitalaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil Warcontrabandsdebtdeceaseddowrydying wishemancipationemigrationenslaver looking for former slaveescapedestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfraternal groupsfree people of colorfreedgrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outIndian Territoryinheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownlynchingmanumittedmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)migration (west)ministerministers please readmultiple adsmutual searchNative Americansnewspaper replyparent(s)person with a disabilityphysical descriptionpropertyrailroadrailroad workerReconstructionremarriedresistancereunion successfulrewardrunawayself-emancipationself-purchasesibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradesoldsold southsoldierspeculatorspousestolensuicideU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored Troopsuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Rufus Rollings searching for his mother Letty and his siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 15, 1880 Eliza Virginia Williams searching for her mother Maria Louisa Williams, father Rowel Williams, siblings, and uncle Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 12, 1879 Caroline Rodes (formerly Annie Ferrill) searching for father Joseph, mother Milly, sisters Maria and Julia, and brother Anthony Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 4, 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 Anaster Richardson searching for Alford Cravers and Sidie Ann Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 6, 1879 Elizabeth Powell searching for her father Sam Moseley, mother Elizabeth, and siblings Harry, Amos, Isaac, Rebecca, and Lucretia The Elevator (San Francisco, CA) May 27, 1870 Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory) May 4, 1884 James Stills searching for his brother Washington Stills The Weekly Mississippi Pilot (Jackson, MS) November 12, 1870 Caroline Halloway searching for her sister Frances Austin St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO) August 28, 1884 Eliza Montgomery searching for her brother Dick Bush Baptist Times (Garnett, KS) March 1892 [published in a monthly newspaper] Mrs. Ann Hampton searching for her mother Nellie Beecham The Twice-a-Week Independent (Coffeyville, KS) March 20, 1896 Mrs. Charlotte Powell looking for her father Sam Mosely, mother Elizabeth, three brothers Harvey, Amos, and Isaac, and two sisters Rebecca and Lucretia San Francisco Elevator (San Francisco, CA) June 3, 1870 Sydney Elliott and Eliza Cannon searching for their sons Sidney and Harrison The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) March 22, 1866 Robert Cox reunited with his wife after 24 years Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) February 27, 1879 John A. Brown searching for his parents and siblings George, Mary Jane, Ellen Nora, and Peter Brown Evening Star (Washington, DC) December 21, 1886 Mrs. Clara Bashop searching for her daughter Patience (3rd of 4 ads placed) The New York World (New York, NY) October 2, 1892 Mrs. Clara Bashop seeking information about her daughter Patience (2nd of 4 ads) St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) October 2, 1892 Charles A. Webb seeking information about his mother Rebecca Patten The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) April 22, 1893 Lucy A. Johnson responding to Eliza Husher (formerly Eliza Clark) The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) July 16, 1892 John Edmond searching for brother, James Means, and sisters, Hester and Susan Jane Huges The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) June 11, 1892 Matilda Richardson (formerly Matilda Vance) searching for sister, Emeline Vance The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) March 12, 1892 Robert Hughes seeking the whereabouts of his brother Charley Calison and sister Millie Calison The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) November 21, 1891 E. T. Hill looking for her mother Fannie Scott, sister Queen Victory Scott, and brother Patience Scott (2nd of 2 ads placed) The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) May 23, 1891 Eliza Husher (formerly Eliza Clark) searching for her mother Sallie Clark and siblings The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) May 16, 1891 Diannah White looking for her sons The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) March 17th, 1887 of 11
