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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK82

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK82
Identifier: MS-COOK82
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Vicksburg Daily Whig
Date: October 28, 1843
Trade: Cook
gender: Female
Enslaver: Wm. F. Goodin
events: 4. To be sold by Wm. F. Goodin
Transcription: A family of Negroes for Sale. CONSISTING of a woman aged about 35 years, who is a first rate cook and washer, and his two children, viz: a boy aged ten years, who has been well trained as a dining room servant, and a girl aged 7 years. The owner being a non-resident is desirous of selling them together. Apply to Wm. F. GOODIN. oct 28