Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK145
Item
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Title
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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK145
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Identifier
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MS-COOK145
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Source
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Vicksburg Daily Whig
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Date
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January 24, 1849
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Enslaver
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Catharine Hall
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Home
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Hall's Residence on Washington St.
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Notes
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To be sold with her 8 and 4 year old children; enslaver leaving the country
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Transcription
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NEGROES FOR SALE, ONE family, consisting of a woman, 30 years of age, a superior cook, washer and ironer, good in any capacity as house servant, neat in person, and of good habits; and her children, a boy 8 years of age, and a girl of 4, both remarkably likely. And a woman, 40 years of age, excellent cook and washer. They are sold for no fault, but because I am desi-rous of leaving the country. They can be seen at my residence on Washington street, opposite Messrs. Crutcher & McRaven's. CATHARINE HALL. Vicksburg, Jan. 24, 1849
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gender
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Female
