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Unnamed Mississippi Seamstress - MS-SEA38

Title: Unnamed Mississippi Seamstress - MS-SEA38
Identifier: MS-SEA38
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Vicksburg Daily Whig
Date: December 21, 1854
Trade: Seamstress
gender: Female
Enslaver: A. Alexander
events: 4. To be sold by A. Alexander
Transcription: FOR SALE. A FIRST-RATE young woman, who is a No. 1 cook, washer and ironer, also a tolerable seamstress.— Full guarantee given. Apply to A. ALEXANDER. dec 21 d1*