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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK23

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK23
Identifier: MS-COOK23
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: "Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849", Woodville Republican
Date: January 9, 1836
Trade: Cook
gender: Female
Enslaver: William T. Lewis
events: 4. To be sold by William T. Lewis
Notes: In "Garrick to McCaleb" Chapter, page 119
Transcription: Lewis advertised that he wished to sell four SLAVES: 1 woman, a first rate cook, washer, and ironer; 1 man, her husband, quali-fied for any kind of business; 1 woman. good cook, washer and ironer, has worked in the fields; also 1 man. Terms of sale: notes negotiable and payable in Planters Bank at 6 or 9 months credit. (W.R. 1-9-36)