Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
Heather Andrea Williams explores the African American search for family lost in slavery. Focusing on the enduring importance of kinship, memory, and identity, this historical study examines the efforts of formerly enslaved people and their descendants to recover family connections and understand the legacies of separation.
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Help Me to Find My People examines the African American search for family members separated by slavery.
Heather Andrea Williams explores how formerly enslaved people and their descendants sought information about lost relatives and attempted to rebuild family connections.
The book considers the lasting effects of family separation on memory, identity, and community.
Part of The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture, this work offers a historical study of kinship and remembrance.
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