Unnamed TN Seamstress #1 - TN-SEA1

Item

Title
Unnamed TN Seamstress #1 - TN-SEA1
Identifier
TN-SEA1
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, African American women--History, Women artisans
Source
Nashville Union and American
Date
October 22, 1856
Trade
Seamstress
Gender
Female
Enslaver
Rees W. Porter
Home
No. 33 Cedar Street
Home Location
Nashville, Tennessee
Events
1. To be sold by Rees W. Porter
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
JAMES C. JONES.
I HAVE on hand 32 negroes fore sale. Among them 6 or 8 likely girls, from 12 to 14 years old, an extra house ser-vant, Seamstress, washer and ironer, likely and intelligent, and several stout men. Also, an extra black smith. Call while the excitement is up.
oct22-tf
REES W. PORTER.