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Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK202

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Cook - MS-COOK202
Identifier: MS-COOK202
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Vicksburg Daily Whig
Date: March 4, 1856
Trade: Cook
Enslaver: Putnam, Wells & Co.
Events: 4. To be sold by Putnam, Wells & Co.
Home Location: Mississippi
Notes: To be sold with her 6 year old child
Transcription: NEGROES FOR SALE.. WE WILL SELL ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, at auction—One likely Negro Woman, 26 years old, a good Cook, Washer and Ironer, with her Child, a girl, six years old. Title good. mar4 PUTNAM, WELLS & CO.
gender: Female