Black Craftspeople Digital Archive · Unnamed Mississippi Cook

Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK164

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK164
Identifier: MS-COOK164
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: The Mississippi Free Trader
Date: May 18, 1850
Trade: Cook
gender: Female
Enslaver: E. Lewis, Auctioneer
events: 4. To be sold by E. Lewis, Auctioneer
Transcription: NEGRO FOR SALE. A NEGRO GIRL, 20 years of age, a good house servant, washer and ironer, and plain cook, war ranted sound, title indisputable. Enquire of E. LEWIS, Auctioneer. may 18-s1t