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Winston - MS-SHOE10

Title: Winston - MS-SHOE10
Identifier: MS-SHOE10
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Vicksburg Daily Whig
Date: January 22, 1848
Trade: Shoemaker
gender: Male
Enslaver: Thos. J. Hanna
events: 4. To be sold by Thos. J. Hanna
Transcription: NEGROES FOR SALE. WINSTON, aged about 45 years, first rate shoe maker; Polly, aged about 35 years, first rate house servant; Becky, aged 7 years, very likely girl; Tom, aged 4 years, very likely boy. These negroes are fully acclimated, and sold for no fault. If not sold by Saturday next, they will be disposed of at auction to the highest bidder for cash. For further particulars apply to THOS. J. HANNA, At the Vicksburg Auction Ma[?].