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Richard Zeigler finds his wife after 32 years

February 22, 1883

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National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA, United States

This newspaper captures the story of Richard Zeigler, who after 32 years, received a telegram from his long-lost wife.

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  • Title: Richard Zeigler finds his wife after 32 years
  • Date Created: February 22, 1883
  • Subject Keywords: slavery, Reconstruction, 13th Amendment, reunited
  • Transcript:
    Thirty-two Years in Search of a Wife. [From the N. Y. Sun.] Richard Zeigler, colored, residing in the State of North Carolina, recently received tidings of his wife, from whom he has been separated for thirty-two years. He has been looking for her ever since the war. She was sold by slave traders and he gradually lost all trace of her whereabouts. Lately he received a telegram from her in Georgia, and started for that State to bring her back. He is sixty years old, and has saved money and spent it liberally in his search. When he received the telegram he wept for joy. He has called a meeting of his grand children, and next week will have a big reunion.
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  • Publisher: The New York Sun
  • Original Source: Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery
  • Rights: “Richard Zeigler finds his wife after 32 years,” Newspaper report of family reunification, National Tribune (Washington, DC) (Copied from The New York Sun), February 22, 1883, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed August 12, 2019, http://informationwanted.org/items/show/2819.
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