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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Heather Andrea, author.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Series:

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Social aspects--United States--History.

Slavery.

African American families--History.

African American families.

Enslaved persons--Family relationships--United States--History.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Family relationships.

History.

Slavery--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-233) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

793510872

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.