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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK8

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK8
Identifier: MS-COOK8
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Natchez Gazette
Date: January 27, 1819
Trade: Cook
gender: Female
events: 4. To be sold by unnamed enslaver
Notes: To be sold with her child
Transcription: For Sale, A likely Negro Woman and Child. The Woman is a good Cook, and an excellent Washer and Ironer—she is strictly honest, and of an excellent disposition. Apply to the Printers. Jan. 27.—8-1