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Unnamed NJ Cook #7 - NJ-COOK10, NJ-DAIRY1

Title: Unnamed NJ Cook #7 - NJ-COOK10, NJ-DAIRY1
Identifier: NJ-COOK10, NJ-DAIRY1
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1865, African American women--History, Women artisans
Source: Guardian or New Brunswick Advertiser
Date: December 12, 1792
Trade: Cook, Dairywoman
Gender: Female
Enslaver: John Heard
Events: 1. Enslaved by John Heard
2. To be sold in Woodbridge, New Jersey
Home Location: Woodbridge, New Jersey
Item Type: Advertisement
Notes: Genealogybank
Transcription: TO BE SOLD, A Healthy NEGRO WENCH, who is capable of doing every kind of house-work ; understands taking care of a dairy, and a most excellent cook :--Also, two children, the youngest near four years old. JOHN HEARD. Woodbridge, Nov. 6, 1792.