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Eliza - MS-COOK207

Title: Eliza - MS-COOK207
Identifier: MS-COOK207
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Vicksburg Daily Whig
Date: July 29, 1856
Trade: Cook
gender: Female
Enslaver: Wm. McRae
events: 4. To be sold by Wm. McRae
Transcription: NEGROES. ELIZA, A LIKELY WOMAN, 35 YEARS OF AGE fine cook, washer and ironer. Edward, a likely boy, 16 years old, smart and active Rosa, a likely child, 3 years old. The above negroes are of one family, and will be sold for half cash, and the balance on six months, for [?] Orleans acceptances, adding 8 percent, interest, if de-sired. Title and soundness fully guarantied. jy29 WM. McRAE, Agent.