Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery / by Heather Andrea Williams.
Utilizes narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to explore the stories of separation of former slave families and their quest for reunification.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780807835548
- ISBN: 0807835544
- Physical Description: 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Subject: | Slavery > Social aspects > United States > History. African American families > History. Enslaved persons > Family relationships > United States > History. |
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| Help me to find my people. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | 306.3 W (Text) | 31554009660480 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
