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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK145

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK145
Identifier: MS-COOK145
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Vicksburg Daily Whig
Date: January 24, 1849
Trade: Cook
Enslaver: Catharine Hall
Events: 4. To be sold by Catharine Hall
Home: Hall's Residence on Washington St.
Home Location: Mississippi
Notes: To be sold with her 8 and 4 year old children; enslaver leaving the country
Transcription: NEGROES FOR SALE, ONE family, consisting of a woman, 30 years of age, a superior cook, washer and ironer, good in any capacity as house servant, neat in person, and of good habits; and her children, a boy 8 years of age, and a girl of 4, both remarkably likely. And a woman, 40 years of age, excellent cook and washer. They are sold for no fault, but because I am desi-rous of leaving the country. They can be seen at my residence on Washington street, opposite Messrs. Crutcher & McRaven's. CATHARINE HALL. Vicksburg, Jan. 24, 1849
gender: Female