LEADER 03199nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910465245303321 005 20210806181932.0 010 $a1-4696-0168-0 010 $a0-8078-8265-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000080915 035 $a(EBL)877304 035 $a(OCoLC)793510872 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000662665 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11378153 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000662665 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10739176 035 $a(PQKB)10242161 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC877304 035 $a(OCoLC)966825510 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48730 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL877304 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10753762 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930995 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000080915 100 $a20111215d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHelp me to find my people$b[electronic resource] $ethe African American search for family lost in slavery /$fHeather Andrea Williams 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 0$aJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-2836-8 311 $a0-8078-3554-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index. 327 $aFine 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. 330 $aAfter 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 enslave 606 $aSlavery$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAfrican American families$xHistory 606 $aEnslaved persons$xFamily relationships$zUnited States$xHistory$2local 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSlavery$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican American families$xHistory. 615 7$aEnslaved persons$xFamily relationships$xHistory. 676 $a306.3/620973 700 $aWilliams$b Heather Andrea$01047243 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465245303321 996 $aHelp me to find my people$92475721 997 $aUNINA