So apparently this was an Information Wanted Ad looking for relatives.
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You may find this interesting. this project asks for volunteers to transcribe adverts for lost family. informationwanted.org
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There were thousands of these in the years after the end of the war. Very sad.
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I can't stop thinking about these ads from formerly enslaved people looking for their family members. I cannot begin to imagine the despair. twitter.com/mrmunyikwa/sta
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Tonight, I'm reading ads placed by former enslaved people and troops searching for family members they'd lost.
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Why did I not read about his side of slavery in school?
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