What i see particularly interesting is that the article and events happen in 1919, almost half a century since they split up. Being forced to separate from the family in most of the life of a man is unimaginable and terrible. I particularly like this article mainly because of the successful reunion and see their families again. I realized that this case was very, very, very helpful, and let the three brothers see each other and find their mother as a warm and heartwarming thing. The interesting thing is that the article is about their good old owners and decided to stay with their former owners and then decide to allow them to learn and eventually communicate with each other.
Three brothers were sold on christmas day in 1859, a few years before the war. In the module 2 and their related articles, it is found that even if many black people are free, they will surely return to their former owners. The article says their masters are very nice and that makes them learn to read and write. During the time after civil war, many free people start using ads on the newspaper to reconnect with their lost people. Browsing the site, i noticed a lot of ads posted in the same early 20th century, usually in or before world war i.
What i predict is that after world war first, technology has been greatly improved, allowing advertising in reliable newspapers. Broadcast information across the country, helping to find people more easily. The brotherhood' s reunion revealed pain and terrible impact the slave trade caused. These three men were half a century apart, and they spent a lot of time, with a lot of effort, they found each other and their mother. Of many ads that have been published on the site, i don't see many articles about the reunions.
Imagine if you're in the same situation what would you do?
Hi Emma!
This one is interesting--I appreciate your note about the lack of ads in the database focusing on reunions. I do wonder about these specific "reunion" stories. They remind me a little of People magazine stories where someone discusses their personal tragedy but then ends with a new lease on life. (This isn't to say that these kinds of stories are bad, but that they seem to serve a specific purpose.)
I wonder about how much trust we should give to the descriptions of these three men's masters as being so kind...that was one of the main questions that came to me while reading this one!
To answer your question, if I was in the same situation, I would probably use the newspaper ads in the hopes of my story turning out like this one, with a reunion.