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"I Wish to Inquire...:" The Rhetorical Resistance Found in the Lost Friends Advertisements

Arbaugh, Ann
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5922-463
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1672672381742545

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2022, Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Writing​, University of Findlay, English.
Family separation was a brutal practice in the slavery business of America. The "Lost Friends" advertisements published in "The Southwestern Christian Advocate" during the late 1800s and early 1900s by freed slaves looking for lost loved ones provide readers an intimate and uncensored glimpse into the travesty caused by such separations. After reading multiple ads, readers can easily compare the advertisements as condensed versions of life narratives. Through the identification of new literary tropes, the ads function similar to the well-recognized genre of slave narratives, thus confirming their rightful place within the wider African American rhetorical and literary canon. Additionally, the advertisements display the unique traditions of African American rhetoric while also serving as short family histories for thousands of slave families.
Christine Denecker (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Buchanan (Committee Member)
Sarah Fedirka (Committee Member)
61 p.
African American Studies; History; Rhetoric
Slavery, Post-Emancipation, Family, Searching, Rhetoric, Call and Response, Memory

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  • Arbaugh, A. (2022). "I Wish to Inquire...:" The Rhetorical Resistance Found in the Lost Friends Advertisements [Master's thesis, University of Findlay]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1672672381742545

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Arbaugh, Ann. "I Wish to Inquire...:" The Rhetorical Resistance Found in the Lost Friends Advertisements. 2022. University of Findlay, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1672672381742545.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Arbaugh, Ann. ""I Wish to Inquire...:" The Rhetorical Resistance Found in the Lost Friends Advertisements." Master's thesis, University of Findlay, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1672672381742545

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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