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
Type
Advertisement
Trade
Seamstress
gender
Female
Enslaver
Rees W. Porter
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.
Home
No. 33 Cedar Street
events
1. To be sold by Rees W. Porter
homeLocation
Nashville, Tennessee