BCDA (Objects) · Unnamed Mississippi Teamster

Unnamed Mississippi Teamster - MS-TEA1

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Teamster - MS-TEA1
Identifier: MS-TEA1
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: "Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849"
Date: April 3, 1830
Trade: Teamster
gender: Male
Enslaver: William Lewis
events: 4. To be sold by William Lewis
Notes: In "Garrick to McCaleb", page 119
Transcription: A 26-year-old NEGRO "boy of good character, raised in this country" was to be auctioned on the 13th by Lewis. The "boy" was an "excellent teamster." Terms were 1/2 cash, 1/2 credit. (W.R. 4-3-30)