Children of Charlotte Blackwell searching for her

The New York Globe (New York, NY)

April 26, 1884

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Notice.
Information wanted as to the whereabouts of my
mother. Any person or persons having or can ascertain
any information of Charlotte Blackville, who was sold
about one year and six months before the war at Richmond,
Va., by James B. Mason, will please forward the
same to her son and daughter, this office, or 1022 New
Jersey ave., Washington, D.C. 1t

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Charlotte Blackville's son and daughter searching for her. She was sold away from them one year before the Civil War.

Charlotte Blackville's daughter, Fanny Jackson, repeated an almost identical ad in The New York Globe on May 3, 1884. Blackville's son, Oscar Jackson, also placed an information wanted ad for her in The Richmond Planet seven years later, September 12, 1891.

Date
April 26, 1884
Searcher Location

Washington, DC

Searchee Location

Richmond, VA

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Jesse Nasta

Citation
"Children of Charlotte Blackwell searching for her," The New York Globe (New York, NY), April 26, 1884, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://www.informationwanted.org/items/show/1686

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