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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK4

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK4
Identifier: MS-COOK4
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Natchez Gazette
Date: April 18, 1818
Trade: Cook
Enslaver: H. Postlethwaite
events: 4. To be sold by H. Postlethwaite
Transcription: AUCTION. On the third Monday of May next, (18th) WILL be sold at the Auction Room of the subscriber, Twenty Likely NEGROES, (In lots to suit purchasers,) on a credit of six months, for notes payable and negotiable in bank, with approved endorsers. Among them is an ex-cellent Blacksmith, and a Cook & House-servant. H. POSTLETHWAITE. April 18. 16——tds.