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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK53

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK53
Identifier: MS-COOK53
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: The Mississippi Free Trader
Date: November 28, 1839
Trade: Cook
gender: Female
Enslaver: Jacob Soria & Co.
events: 4. To be sold by Jacob Soria & Co.
Notes: To be sold by Jacob Soria & Co., or exchanged for a boy.
Transcription: NEGRO GIRL FOR SALE. A VERY likely negro girl about 20 years old, a good cook and one of the best washers and iron-ers, or she will be exchanged for a boy. Enquire of JACOB SORIA & CO. nov28-d3t