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19th-century ads written by newly freed slaves tell story about chapter in history

After the Civil War, newly freed slaves placed "Information Wanted Ads" in newspapers, looking for lost family members who were sold off or ran away. A new initiative at Villanova University aims to catalog the ads for researchers and genealogists. Vladimir Duthiers has more.
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