Newspaper ads placed by former slaves seeking missing relatives to be read on stage at Villanova

The plea is poignant in its urgency, a time-is-running-out appeal published in a Baltimore newspaper more than 40 years after emancipation. Ann Whaley, 101, is looking for relatives sold away from her. Before she dies, she wants to see them. “I am very anxious to get in direct correspondence with…
Source: Morningcall