Following the Civil War, one way that millions of liberated African Americans searched for lost relatives was by writing letters. Hawkins Wilson, born into slavery and torn from his family as a boy, wrote several to the Freedmen’s Bureau in hopes of locating his siblings. “Dear Sir, I am anxious to learn about my sisters, …
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‘A Dream Delivered’: New Film Tells Story of Lost Letters Reuniting Relatives of Man Born Into Slavery
Following the Civil War, one way that millions of liberated African Americans searched for lost relatives was by writing letters. Hawkins Wilson, born into slavery and torn from his family as a boy, wrote several to the Freedmen’s Bureau in hopes of locating his siblings. “Dear Sir, I am anxious to learn about my sisters, …
‘A Dream Delivered’: New Film Tells Story of Lost Letters Reuniting Relatives of Man Born Into Slavery
Following the Civil War, one way that millions of liberated African Americans searched for lost relatives was by writing letters. Hawkins Wilson, born into slavery and torn from his family as a boy, wrote several to the Freedmen’s Bureau in hopes of locating his siblings. “Dear Sir, I am anxious to learn about my sisters, …