Here is an awesome essay about Toni Morrison. There are spoilers in here, so maybe save this for after you've read the novel. It's more powerful then, anyway.
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/02/22/516651689/after-slavery-searching-for-loved-ones-in-wanted-ads
The link above is for a five-minute NPR interview with two historians who are cataloging newspaper ads from the 1860's to the 19teens in which former enslaved people are trying find their family members.
The link above is for a five-minute NPR interview with two historians who are cataloging newspaper ads from the 1860's to the 19teens in which former enslaved people are trying find their family members.
http://informationwanted.org/about
The link above is to the website on which the historians are cataloging the newspaper ads.
The link above is to the website on which the historians are cataloging the newspaper ads.
http://whitneyplantation.com/education.html
The link above is to the website of The Whitney Plantation, a museum dedicated to education about the lives of people enslaved on that plantation. There are some informative short videos by museum staff on this page.
The link above is to the website of The Whitney Plantation, a museum dedicated to education about the lives of people enslaved on that plantation. There are some informative short videos by museum staff on this page.