Help me to find my people
Subtitle: the African American search for family lost in slavery
By: by Heather Andrea Williams
Series: The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807835548
Subjects: Family relationships; African American families; Slavery; Slaves; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fine black boy for sale : separation and loss among enslaved children; title: Let no man put asunder : separation of husbands and wives; title: They may see their children again : white attitudes toward separation; title: Blue glass beads tied in a rag of cotton cloth : the search for family during slavery; title: Information wanted : the search for family after emancipation; title: Happiness too deep for utterance : reunification of families; title: Epilogue. Help me to find my people : genealogies of separation.