A citizen is defined as a member of a certain community. African Americans notably expressed this sense of citizenship by establishing black churches and attempting to reunite families lost during slavery. The community's gatherings in the newly established churches created this sense of social citizenship among them, even though they were not considered "social citizens" by Southern whites. In the article "Former slaves seek to reunite families," an advertisement for a lost family member states: "Information is being sought on Cayrel Robinson...any information on his whereabouts will be received with gratitude by his wife” (Former slaves seek to reunite their families). Families). The primary reason for family reunification was to establish an ideal "American family" as well as a sense of social citizenship for themselves. The reason this form of citizenship was the most abstract was because there was no real hard proof of it. With formal citizenship, one gets a green card or passport, politicians give a ballot, and economic affairs require possession of money. However, social citizenship is based on what each person does for the society around them, 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..