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Matilda - MS-COOK12

Title: Matilda - MS-COOK12
Identifier: MS-COOK12
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: "Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849"
Date: February 9, 1825
Trade: Cook
gender: Female
Enslaver: Edward Randolph, sold by executors George F. Randolph and Reuben Kemper
events: 4. To be sold by Edward Randolph
Notes: In "McCarstle to Saunders" Chapter, page 185-186
Transcription: The slave MATILDA was to be sold by executors George F. Randolph and Reuben Kemper on January 27th in Pinckneyville. "MATILDA is an excellent cook, washer, and ironer."