Do You Know Them: Families Lost and Found After the Civil War

(Hardback)

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A moving and triumphant picture book inspired by the printed newspaper ads placed by African Americans who were separated from family members by the Civil War, enslavement, and emancipation.

After the wars end, everyone is missing someone. Letties missing her family. They had been sold and lost long before enslavement was abolished. Every week, she reads the advertisements in the newspapers to her congregation. Do you know them I would like to find my people. My mothers name was Charlotte King, and when I was sold, I had five brothers.

Lettie is determined to find her loved ones, too. She saves every penny she earns, but not to buy candy or toys. She saves for something bettersomething that could bring her whole family together.

Every ad depicted in this poignant tale is authentically historical, bringing the heart-wrenching past to life.

Author Bio

Shana Kellerbegan her studies of African American history at the University of Miami in Florida, and shes been delving deeper and deeper into our diverse past ever since. She is the author ofBread for Words: A Frederick Douglass Story(an Irma S. Black Honor Award winner). She writes lost-and-found tales of courage and commitment from her home in the beautiful state of North Carolina. Visit her at ShanaKeller.com.

Laura Freemanhas illustrated many fine childrens books over the years, includingFancy Party Gowns: The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe, written by Deborah Blumenthal, and the Coretta Scott King Honor bookHidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly and Winifred Conkling. Laura lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and their two children. Find out more about Laura at LFreemanArt.com.