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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK101

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK101
Identifier: MS-COOK101
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Vicksburg Daily Whig
Date: April 22, 1846
Trade: Cook
gender: Female
Enslaver: Livingston, Hanna & Co.
Home: Washington St.
events: 4. To be sold by Livinston, Hanna & Co.
Notes: 17 years old
Transcription: Valuable House Servant at Auction. THIS morning at 11 o'clock we will sell in front of our store, No. 374, Washington street, A likely Negro Woman, 17 years of age, an excellent cook, washer, and ironer. She is highly recommended as a good and faithful servant, raised in the South. Warranted sound in body and mind, and clear title. Terms cash. [ap 22] LIVINGSTON, HANNA & Co.