Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Williams, Heather Andrea, author. Title: Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery / Heather Andrea Williams. Publisher, Date: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012. Description: 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Summary: Utilizes narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to explore the stories of separation of former slave families and their quest for reunification. Series: The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. Subjects: Slavery -- Social aspects -- United States -- History. African American families -- History. Enslaved persons -- Family relationships -- United States -- History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 -- Epilogue. Help me to find my people : genealogies of separation. LCCN: 2011050216 ISBN: 9780807835548 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807835544 (cloth : alk. paper) Other Number: 756594353 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 426324 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 306.362 Williams Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
