Last Seen in Wake Forest: Help Me Find My Children

Last Seen in Wake Forest: Help Me Find My Children

  • Ages 18+

In 1866, a freed mother of 9 searched for her children lost to slavery—hear how research revived her powerful story of love, loss, and hope.

By Wake County, NC

Date and time

Sunday, June 29 · 2 - 3:30pm EDT

Location

Wake Forest Community Library

400 E. Holding Avenue Wake Forest, NC 27587-2926

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Ages 18+

Join us as we journey with the newly freed 60-year-old mother of nine children who in 1866 post-Emancipation North Carolina, searched tirelessly for the children that were sold away from her. Researcher Ms. N. Collins shares library research tools used to rediscover this inspirational family’s story. Hear about this real-life account of a woman’s determination, resiliency, and the power of hope.


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Wake County, NC
FreeJun 29 · 2:00 PM EDT