"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