Unnamed Mississippi Seamstress - MS-SEA20
Item
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Title
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Unnamed Mississippi Seamstress - MS-SEA20
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Identifier
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MS-SEA20
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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 Mississippi Free Trader
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Date
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May 15, 1847
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Trade
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Seamstress
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gender
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Female
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Enslaver
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Wm. J. Ferguson
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events
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4. To be sold by Wm. J. Ferguson
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Transcription
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FOR SALE, A VERY likely and valuable Negro woman, aged about 25 years, and her three boys, one about 11 years, the others are twins and 3 years old. The woman is a good washer and ironer and a tolerable cook and seamstress. Also, a negro man about 40 years old, stout, active, a first rate ox driver and good at any plantation work. Enquire of WM. J. FERGUSON. May 15-ctf
