Unnamed Mississippi Sawyer - MS-SAW5
Item
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Title
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Unnamed Mississippi Sawyer - MS-SAW5
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Identifier
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MS-SAW5
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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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The Southern Sun
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Date
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January 24, 1838
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Trade
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Sawyer
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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WM. H. Young
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events
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4. To be sold by WM. H. Young
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Notes
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Ad for WM. H. Young's Saw Mill. Selling the mill, tools, house, land, and enslaved people.
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Transcription
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I have six able-bodies negroes, who are accustomed to the labor required at the mill, that I would hire for the present year to the purchaser, should he wantthem. Two of the negroes are sawyers, one a good fireman; the other three are wagoners.
