Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
2012·264 pages
Examines formerly enslaved African Americans' post-Civil War searches for family members separated by slavery through ads, narratives, and records.
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Examines formerly enslaved African Americans' post-Civil War searches for family members separated by slavery through ads, narratives, and records.
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After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant "information wanted" advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mentions of spouses separated by sale; sexual coercion under slavery referenced
Violence & gore
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Historical accounts of violence inherent to slavery and the slave trade
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Central focus on slavery, the domestic slave trade, and its social aftermath
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Defining focus on slavery’s cruelty, family separations, and sale of children
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