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Unnamed Mississippi Seamstress - MS-SEA27

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Seamstress - MS-SEA27
Identifier: MS-SEA27
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: The Mississippi Free Trader
Date: October 21, 1848
Trade: Seamstress
gender: Female
Enslaver: John T. Lamkin, Esq.
events: 4. To be sold by John T. Lamkin, Esq.
Notes: Multiple seamstresses, number not specified
Transcription: ACCLIMATED NEGROES. JOHN T. LAMKIN, Esq., of Holmesville, Pike county, has fifteen very likely Negroes for sale; among them Fieldhands, Seamstresses, Cooks, Wash-ers and Ironers, &c. Apply to Mr. L. at Holmesville, or at the office of the Natchez Free Trader. oct21