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Summary:

"Drawing from an archive of nearly five thousand letters and advertisements, the riveting, dramatic story of formerly enslaved people who spent years searching for family members stolen away during slavery"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Patience and Clara Bashop
• The children of Hagar Outlaw
• Both of Tally Miller's children
• I was the boy
• The Andersons of Mineola, Texas
• Looking for Lias
• Emeline and Julia
• Henry Saffold's chain of evidence
• Husbands and wives
• Diana Johnson's hope.

Author/Creator:

Giesberg, Judith Ann, 1966- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Last seen: the enduring search by formerly enslaved people to find their lost families [by Giesberg, J.A.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Last seen [by Giesberg, J.A.] (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition; New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2025 — ISBN 9781982174323; LCCN 2024030632)

Subjects:

Freed persons — United States — Biography

Freed persons — Family relationships — United States — History

Enslaved persons — Family relationships — United States — History

African American families — History — 19th century

Family reunification — United States — History — 19th century

African Americans — History — 1863-1877

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 18, 2025).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

E185.2 .G54 2025eb

ISBNs:

9781982174354 (electronic book)
1982174358 (electronic book)
9781982174323 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9781982174330 (paperback) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024030633

Other Control Numbers:

EBC31362906 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306878758