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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK55

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK55
Identifier: MS-COOK55
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: The Mississippi Free Trader
Date: January 14, 1840
Trade: Cook
gender: Female
Enslaver: E. Thompson & Co.
events: 4. To be sold by E. Thompson & Co.
Notes: To be sold with her 14 month old child
Transcription: NEGRO GIRL FOR SALE. A LIKELY negro girl, 18 years old, with her child 14 months old, a good cook, washer and ironer, and a remarkably active and healthy servant. Enquire of E. THOMPSON & CO. jan14-dtf