tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post5124115258575714665..comments2024-02-28T13:55:37.847-08:00Comments on My Ancestor's Name: Early African American Newspapers, Tell So MuchAngela Y. Walton-Rajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-42735222604107522582012-01-12T20:39:43.090-08:002012-01-12T20:39:43.090-08:00TechFun,
You know, I recognized one of the surnam...TechFun,<br /><br />You know, I recognized one of the surnames of people that you had on your blog. I have a research buddy who researches the Nelsons from that part of AL&TN. I shall pass that wanted ad from your blog on to her!<br /><br />Thanks for mentioning it!<br />-Angela-Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-32197664010188504952012-01-12T20:32:35.049-08:002012-01-12T20:32:35.049-08:00Hello Pat,
What is the name of your novel? Sou...Hello Pat,<br /><br /> What is the name of your novel? Sounds like it might be a good read! Yes these stories are so moving aren't they?<br /><br /> I may begin to post more of them soon.<br /><br />-Angela-Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-5050399596292381482012-01-12T20:23:25.369-08:002012-01-12T20:23:25.369-08:00There are a few more of these that I posted on the...There are a few more of these that I posted on the Accessible Archives blog last March. The post is at <a href="http://www.accessible-archives.com/2011/03/reconnecting-slave-families/" rel="nofollow">Trying to Reconnect Families After Slavery in the 1880s</a>.<br /><br />I was researching something else at the time but when I read a few of these in <em>The Christian Recorder</em> I felt compelled to stop and share them.TechFunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048632233062991033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-61011273466936672332012-01-12T20:06:27.817-08:002012-01-12T20:06:27.817-08:00Hello Renate,
I am glad that you enjoyed the arti...Hello Renate,<br /><br />I am glad that you enjoyed the article. I will have to look at the Norfolk Journal and Guide, it sounds really like another good source. I am thinking of putting up Wanted ads once a week. Such valuable data to be found and shared.<br /><br />Glad you found the post interesting, and thanks for your kind words.<br /><br />-Angela-Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-27854618959188718852012-01-12T19:56:12.046-08:002012-01-12T19:56:12.046-08:00Wow. Hi Angela, I needed your site last year when ...Wow. Hi Angela, I needed your site last year when I was researching ads for my book. <br />Besides, digging into my family's genealogy, I also weaved genealogy tidbits into my Christian fiction novels. So definitelt will come back.<br />Thanks,<br />Pat SimmonsPat Simmonshttp://www.patsimmons.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-91408594522561483642012-01-12T19:07:43.000-08:002012-01-12T19:07:43.000-08:00Angela, I read this earlier from my phone, but jus...Angela, I read this earlier from my phone, but just had to come back to thank you for posting this. I look forward to seeing more and more of these,"Wanted" posts! I know for sure that at least one person in our blogging community (Dionne F.) has found an ad just like this from her ancestors, seeking their family. Oh, that something like this might be waiting out there for me! :)<br /><br />I also wanted to add that another very rich (and somewhat similar) resource that I've found in one African-American newspaper, The Norfolk Journal and Guide, is a column for people looking for their "lost" family members. These were not former slaves, but people who, for one reason or another, had migrated away from their family homes. Maybe I'll try to post some of those in the future, as you're planning to do with these.<br /><br />Thanks, again, for for sharing this!<br /><br />RenateRenate Yarborough Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05289031155721526652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-80915217302144662242012-01-12T18:37:30.459-08:002012-01-12T18:37:30.459-08:00This seems like a wonderful resource! Thank you fo...This seems like a wonderful resource! Thank you for sharing it with us.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-89552669657104327452012-01-12T18:18:19.664-08:002012-01-12T18:18:19.664-08:00Hello Linda,
Various people treated slaves diffe...Hello Linda,<br /> Various people treated slaves differently. Some were rigid and would never allow their slaves to learn the printed word. Others were less rigid--but that was not common.<br />Some learned how to read as children--they had the job of being a paymate to their white masters children. When the children learned, then sometimes the slave playmate also learned. <br /><br />Some of these papers were written by free people of color, who had learned how to read and write. Some papers were created after the war ended.<br /><br />Yes, the old newspapers are amazing!Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-67679803045622410702012-01-12T17:59:38.110-08:002012-01-12T17:59:38.110-08:00Thank you so much Angela for shining a light of th...Thank you so much Angela for shining a light of this priceless resource. I can't wait to see future posts about this.Ge Genoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-82168254941006258092012-01-12T16:22:19.334-08:002012-01-12T16:22:19.334-08:00Not sure how to word this question.. It has always...Not sure how to word this question.. It has always been my understanding enslaved people were not allowed to read or write. Are this papers written by freed men or someone living in the North?<br /><br />I like reading old newspapers, especially ads. Fun to read price of thing back in the day.MissDazeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016106662830199895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751220465315554061.post-53639188585468638742012-01-12T16:12:43.991-08:002012-01-12T16:12:43.991-08:00Thanks Angela for allowing us into the lives of ye...Thanks Angela for allowing us into the lives of yet another of our hero's. Kudo's to Accessible Archives as well.davissmitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03580700758453248439noreply@blogger.com