Unnamed Mississippi Blacksmith - MS-BLA22
Item
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Title
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Unnamed Mississippi Blacksmith - MS-BLA22
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Identifier
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MS-BLA22
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
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Source
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"Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849", Woodville Republican
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Date
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January 30, 1841
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Trade
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Blacksmith
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Dick H. Eggleston, sold by administrator Fielding Davis
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events
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4. To be sold by Fielding Davis
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Notes
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"Edwards to Feltus" Chapter in Ancestry.com collection, page 62
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Transcription
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The slave ABRAM, age 13, and 49 other slaves were to be sold by ad-ministrator Fielding Davis on February 23, 1841, at the Woodville court house door. The slaves were "all acclimated, and in the lot there is a first rate blacksmith; his services being worth the last season $600."
