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John - MS-CAR29

Title: John - MS-CAR29
Identifier: MS-CAR29
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: "Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849", Woodville Republican
Date: March 14, 1840
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: Jesse Edwards, sold by Thomas G. Stockett
events: 4. To be sold by Thomas G. Stockett
Transcription: The slave JOHN was to be sold by Thomas G. Stockett on April 14th; a good rough carpenter; young and likely; first rate fieldhand and acclimated.