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Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery / by Heather Andrea Williams.

Author/creator Williams, Heather Andrea
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2012.
Description251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Series The John Hope Franklin series in African American history & culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. ^A413403
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.
Local noteLittle-357991--305131063258.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.
LCCN 2011050216
ISBN9780807835548 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807835544 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E443 .W63 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner NC Stacks E443 .W63 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold