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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2012-06-01
- Pages
- 264
- ISBN
- 9780807835548
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807835544
ISBN-13
9780807835548
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110907163
Product Key Features
Book Title
Help Me to Find My People : the African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Historical, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-050216
Reviews
An excellent book. . . . [that] should be added to everyone's library in the hope that these sad events will act as a constant reminder that we need to be kind and thoughtful to everyone as we are all Americans now.-- Lone Star Book Review, [ Help Me To Find My People ] deserves an important place in [the Black History] annals.--DG Martin, Durham Herald-Sun, "[A] fine new book. . . . A broadly ranging study. . . . Help Me to Find My People . . . provides opportunities for remembering that the continued existence of slavery for centuries depended on whites learning to rationalize guilty feelings by pretending (or even believing) that African Americans did not feel family separations deeply."-- Women's Review of Books, William's descriptions of scenes of mother and children being separated and sold to different owners are heartrending persuasion that the worst part of the horrible American system of slavery was not the backbreaking work."-- North Carolina Bookwatch, "A stirring account of the emotional cost of separation during slavery. . . . Williams's richly textured analysis contributes greatly to the history of emotions, slavery, the Old South, and family history studies."-- H-Net Reviews, [A] fine new book. . . . A broadly ranging study. . . . Help Me to Find My People . . . provides opportunities for remembering that the continued existence of slavery for centuries depended on whites learning to rationalize guilty feelings by pretending (or even believing) that African Americans did not feel family separations deeply."-- Women's Review of Books, I highly recommend [this book] for shining its spotlight on a seldom-considered source, the 'Information Wanted' advertisements, and for Williams' masterful focus on the emotional toll of U.S. slavery on those held in its thrall.--Afrigeneas.com, [A] fine new book. . . . A broadly ranging study. . . . Help Me to Find My People . . . provides opportunities for remembering that the continued existence of slavery for centuries depended on whites learning to rationalize guilty feelings by prete|9780807835548|, "[ Help Me To Find My People ] deserves an important place in [the Black History] annals."--DG Martin, Durham Herald-Sun, "Williams examines the historical fact of family separation and renders its emotional truth. She is the rare scholar who writes history with such tenderness that her words can bring a reader to tears. . . . [The book] has a propulsive narrative flow, and with each successive chapter the suppleness of Williams's prose grows."-- New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, Williams examines the historical fact of family separation and renders its emotional truth. She is the rare scholar who writes history with such tenderness that her words can bring a reader to tears. . . . [The book] has a propulsive narrative flow, and with each successive chapter the suppleness of Williams's prose grows."-- New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, A stirring account of the emotional cost of separation during slavery. . . . Williams's richly textured analysis contributes greatly to the history of emotions, slavery, the Old South, and family history studies.-- H-Net Reviews, [ Help Me To Find My People ] deserves an important place in [the Black History] annals."--DG Martin, Durham Herald-Sun, I highly recommend [this book] for shining its spotlight on a seldom-considered source, the 'Information Wanted' advertisements, and for Williams' masterful focus on the emotional toll of U.S. slavery on those held in its thrall."--Afrigeneas.com, An excellent book. . . . [that] should be added to everyone's library in the hope that these sad events will act as a constant reminder that we need to be kind and thoughtful to everyone as we are all Americans now."-- Lone Star Book Review, Williams examines the historical fact of family separation and renders its emotional truth. She is the rare scholar who writes history with such tenderness that her words can bring a reader to tears. . . . [The book] has a propulsive narrative flow, and with each successive chapter the suppleness of Williams's prose grows.-- New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, William's descriptions of scenes of mother and children being separated and sold to different owners are heartrending persuasion that the worst part of the horrible American system of slavery was not the backbreaking work.-- North Carolina Bookwatch, [Williams] retraces the journey of freed African-Americans through one of their most harrowing experiences after emancipation--finding their family members."-- Carolina Alumni Review, "[Williams] retraces the journey of freed African-Americans through one of their most harrowing experiences after emancipation--finding their family members."-- Carolina Alumni Review, "An excellent book. . . . [that] should be added to everyone's library in the hope that these sad events will act as a constant reminder that we need to be kind and thoughtful to everyone as we are all Americans now." - Lone Star Book Review, "An excellent book. . . . [that] should be added to everyone's library in the hope that these sad events will act as a constant reminder that we need to be kind and thoughtful to everyone as we are all Americans now."-- Lone Star Book Review, [Williams] retraces the journey of freed African-Americans through one of their most harrowing experiences after emancipation--finding their family members.-- Carolina Alumni Review, [A] fine new book. . . . A broadly ranging study. . . . Help Me to Find My People . . . provides opportunities for remembering that the continued existence of slavery for centuries depended on whites learning to rationalize guilty feelings by pretending (or even believing) that African Americans did not feel family separations deeply.-- Women's Review of Books, A stirring account of the emotional cost of separation during slavery. . . . Williams's richly textured analysis contributes greatly to the history of emotions, slavery, the Old South, and family history studies."-- H-Net Reviews, "[A] fine new book. . . . A broadly ranging study. . . . Help Me to Find My People . . . provides opportunities for remembering that the continued existence of slavery for centuries depended on whites learning to rationalize guilty feelings by pretending (or even believing) that African Americans did not feel family separations deeply." - Women's Review of Books, "I highly recommend [this book] for shining its spotlight on a seldom-considered source, the 'Information Wanted' advertisements, and for Williams' masterful focus on the emotional toll of U.S. slavery on those held in its thrall."--Afrigeneas.com, "William's descriptions of scenes of mother and children being separated and sold to different owners are heartrending persuasion that the worst part of the horrible American system of slavery was not the backbreaking work."-- North Carolina Bookwatch, "Williams examines the historical fact of family separation and renders its emotional truth. She is the rare scholar who writes history with such tenderness that her words can bring a reader to tears. . . . [The book] has a propulsive narrative flow, and with each successive chapter the suppleness of Williams's prose grows." - New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
306.3/620973
Synopsis
After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant "information wanted" advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide readers back to devastating moments of family separation during slavery when people were sold away from parents, siblings, spouses, and children. Williams explores the heartbreaking stories of separation and the long, usually unsuccessful journeys toward reunification., After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant "information wanted" advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide readers back to devastating moments of family separation during slavery when people were sold away from parents, siblings, spouses, and children. Williams explores the heartbreaking stories of separation and the long, usually unsuccessful journeys toward reunification. Examining the interior lives of the enslaved and freedpeople as they tried to come to terms with great loss, Williams grounds their grief, fear, anger, longing, frustration, and hope in the history of American slavery and the domestic slave trade. Williams follows those who were separated, chronicles their searches, and documents the rare experience of reunion. She also explores the sympathy, indifference, hostility, or empathy expressed by whites about sundered black families. Williams shows how searches for family members in the post-Civil War era continue to reverberate in African American culture in the ongoing search for family history and connection across generations., After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant information wanted advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide readers back to devastating moments of family separation during slavery when people were sold away from parents, siblings, spouses, and children. Williams explores the heartbreaking stories of separation and the long, usually unsuccessful journeys toward reunification. Examining the interior lives of the enslaved and freedpeople as they tried to come to terms with great loss, Williams grounds their grief, fear, anger, longing, frustration, and hope in the history of American slavery and the domestic slave trade. Williams follows those who were separated, chronicles their searches, and documents the rare experience of reunion. She also explores the sympathy, indifference, hostility, or empathy expressed by whites about sundered black families. Williams shows how searches for family members in the post-Civil War era continue to reverberate in African American culture in the ongoing search for family history and connection across generations., After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant "information wanted" advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide readers back to devastating moments of family separation during slavery when people were sold away from parents, siblings, spouses, and children. Williams explores the heartbreaking stories of separation and the long, usually unsuccessful journeys toward reunification. Examining the interior lives of the enslaved and freedpeople as they tried to come to terms with great loss, Williams grounds their grief, fear, anger, longing, frustration, and hope in the history of American slavery and the domestic slave trade.Williams follows those who were separated, chronicles their searches, and documents the rare experience of reunion. She also explores the sympathy, indifference, hostility, or empathy expressed by whites about sundered black families. Williams shows how searches for family members in the post-Civil War era continue to reverberate in African American culture in the ongoing search for family history and connection across generations.
LC Classification Number
E443.W63 2012
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- n***c (94)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.