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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK70

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK70
Identifier: MS-COOK70
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Vicksburg Daily Whig
Date: February 16, 1842
Trade: Cook
gender: Female
Enslaver: WM. Hay & Co.
events: 4. To be sold by WM. Hay & Co.
Transcription: By WM. Hay & Co. VALUABLE NEGRO AT AUCTION. WE will sell on Thursday, Feb. 17th, at 12 o'clock M., in front of Childres' Hotel, without reserve, a likely Negro Girl, aged 19 years, a first rate washer and ironer, good cook and House Servant. Warranted sound. Title indisputable. Terms cash. Sale positive. Feb 16