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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Williams, Heather Andrea.     Subjects     Slavery -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.     Families, Black -- History.     Slaves -- Family relationships -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Williams, Heather Andrea.       by title:      Help me to find my p...       by call number:      306.362 W723h     Search the Web     Williams, Heather Andrea.     Slavery -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.     Families, Black -- History.     Slaves -- Family relationships -- United States -- History.       MARC Display

Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery / Heather Andrea Williams. by Williams, Heather Andrea. University of North Carolina Press, c2012. Call #: 306.362 W723h Subjects Slavery -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.   Families, Black -- History.   Slaves -- Family relationships -- United States -- History. Series John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. ISBN:  9780807835548 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807835544 (cloth : alk. paper) Description:  251 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-233) and index. Contents:  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 -- Help me to find my people: genealogies of separation. Summary:  Utilizes narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to explore the stories of separation of former slave families and their quest for reunification. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 306.362 W723h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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