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Williams, Heather Andrea.
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Slavery -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Families, Black -- History.
Slaves -- Family relationships -- United States -- History.
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Williams, Heather Andrea.
Slavery -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Families, Black -- History.
Slaves -- Family relationships -- United States -- History.
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Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery / Heather Andrea Williams.
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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.
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Utilizes narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to explore the stories of separation of former slave families and their quest for reunification.
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