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Unnamed Mississippi Seamstress - MS-SEA1

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Seamstress - MS-SEA1
Identifier: MS-SEA01
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Natchez Gazette
Date: April 10, 1819
Trade: Seamstress
gender: Female
events: 4. To be sold by unnamed enslaver
Transcription: For Sale, A NEGRO GIRL, about 15 years old, brought up as a house servant; a tolerable good seamstress and washer, and generally well acquainted with house work. Her character for honesty, &c. is warranted,—Has been about two years in the country. For terms, apply at the Gazette Office. April 10——JBW—26—2