Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery / by Heather Andr...
Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery / by Heather Andr...
Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery / by Heather Andrea Williams.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
Call Numbers
N306.36209/51
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
251 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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 -- Info...
Publication information
Publisher
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
c2012.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Utilizes narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to explore the stories of separation of former slave families and their quest for reunification.
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Help me to find my people : the African American search for family lost in slavery / by Heather Andrea Williams.
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Notes
General note
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history & culture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2012.
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Call Numbers
N306.36209/51
Record Identifier
74VvkgLaVp0d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvkgLaVp0d
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ISBN
0807835544 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807835548 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
306.3620973
MMS ID
991013929009702626
