A citizen is defined as a member of a certain community. One way African Americans expressed this sense of citizenship was through the creation of black churches and attempts to reunite with families lost during slavery. Community gatherings in newly formed churches created that sense of social citizenship among them even if they were not seen as “social citizens” by Southern whites. In the article "Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families," an advertisement for a missing family member reads "Information wanted on Cayrel Robinson...any information as to his whereabouts will be gratefully received by his wife" (The former slaves try to reunite their families) Families). The primary reason for family reunification was to establish the ideal “American family” and a sense of social citizenship for oneself. The reason this form of citizenship was the most abstract was because there was no tangible evidence of it. With formal citizenship you get a green card or passport, politicians give you a card to vote and economic people bargain with the possession of money. However, social citizenship is based on what you do for the society around you, on the true meaning of what it means to be part of a community. If a “citizen” is not active in the eyes of community members, then the term citizen really means nothing