Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery /

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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 records, and diaries to guide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Heather Andrea (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Colección:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Temas:
Slavery > Social aspects > United States > History.
African American families > History.
Enslaved persons > Family relationships > United States > History.
Familles noires américaines > Histoire.
Esclaves > Relations familiales > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African American families
Slavery > Social aspects
Enslaved persons > Family relationships
Schwarze
Familie
Sklaverei
Trennung
Slaveri > sociala aspekter > historia.
Afro-amerikanska familjer > historia.
Slavar > historia.
Familjer > historia.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fine black boy for sale: separation and loss among enslaved children
  • Let no man put asunder: separation of husbands and wives
  • They may see their children again: white attitudes toward separation
  • Blue glass beads tied in a rag of cotton cloth: the search for family during slavery
  • Information wanted: the search for family after emancipation
  • Happiness too deep for utterance: reunification of families
  • Epilogue. Help me to find my people: genealogies of separation.

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