03199nam 2200637 a 450 991046524530332120210806181932.01-4696-0168-00-8078-8265-8(CKB)2560000000080915(EBL)877304(OCoLC)793510872(SSID)ssj0000662665(PQKBManifestationID)11378153(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000662665(PQKBWorkID)10739176(PQKB)10242161(MiAaPQ)EBC877304(OCoLC)966825510(MdBmJHUP)muse48730(Au-PeEL)EBL877304(CaPaEBR)ebr10753762(CaONFJC)MIL930995(EXLCZ)99256000000008091520111215d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHelp me to find my people[electronic resource] the African American search for family lost in slavery /Heather Andrea WilliamsChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20121 online resource (264 p.)John Hope Franklin series in African American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-2836-8 0-8078-3554-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.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.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 readers back to devastating moments of family separation during slavery when people were sold away from parents, siblings, spouses, and children. Williams explores the heartbreaking stories of separation and the long, usually unsuccessful journeys toward reunification. Examining the interior lives of the enslaveSlaverySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryAfrican American familiesHistoryEnslaved personsFamily relationshipsUnited StatesHistorylocalElectronic books.SlaverySocial aspectsHistory.African American familiesHistory.Enslaved personsFamily relationshipsHistory.306.3/620973Williams Heather Andrea1047243MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465245303321Help me to find my people2475721UNINA