"During the #CivilWar, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended, two women sought help from high places to track down their lost loved ones."

Robert Colby, author of "An Unholy Traffic," recounts the efforts of #JaneLyles and #PriscillaMarshall to re-unite their families

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-confederate-forces-captured-their-children-these-black-mothers-fought-to-reunite-their-families-180985994/?no-cache
#AmericanCivilWar #Gettysburg #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #UShistory #FreedmensBureau #ThaddeusStevens @histodons

#Volunteer #transcription is instrumental in discovering stories like that of Annie Washington and her nieces. Learn more and contribute to the #FreedmensBureau transcription effort by reading the latest blog from #BecauseOfHerStory intern Jenna Lugo

https://transcription.si.edu/articles/annie-e-washington-american-women-freedmens-bureau-records

#Volunteer #transcription is instrumental in discovering stories like that of Annie Washington and her nieces. Learn more and contribute to the #FreedmensBureau transcription effort by reading the latest blog from #BecauseOfHerStory intern Jenna Lugo

https://transcription.si.edu/articles/annie-e-washington-american-women-freedmens-bureau-records

Largely forgotten for more than a century after honorably completing their historic military service during the American Civil War, nine formerly enslaved Black men who enlisted with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry have been repeatedly overlooked by historians and history enthusiasts over the years as potentially important subjects for research.

Until now: https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteerinfantryfreedmen.wordpress.com/about/

#Histodons @histodons #History #Genealogy #Slavery #AmericanCivilWar #FreedmensBureau #Reconstruction