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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK25

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK25
Identifier: MS-COOK25
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: "Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849", Woodville Republican
Date: October 15, 1836
Trade: Cook
Enslaver: James E. Ogden, sold by guardian of James Ogden's minor heirs
Events: 4. To be sold by James E. Ogden's guardian of minor heirs
Home Location: Mississippi
Notes: In "McCarstle to Saunders" Chapter, page 160
Transcription: Three slaves— 2 men and 1 woman (a first rate cook and field hand) — were to be sold by the guardian of James Ogden's minor heirs. Also to sell land on Blummer's Creek, being part of a Spanish Land Grant made out to William Vousden.
gender: Female