1828-01-01, Unidentified Woman (Referred to as "nurse"), Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)

Title: 1828-01-01, Unidentified Woman (Referred to as "nurse"), Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
Description: White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke planned to contract this unidentified enslaved woman (referred to as the "nurse" of Polly's child) to labor for Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828. This event is recorded in a manuscript found in the John Hartwell Cocke Papers, MSS 640.
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Potential
Date: 1828-01-01
Source: ohn Hartwell Cocke Papers, 1725-1949, MSS 640, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Primary Participant: Unidentified Woman (Referred to as "nurse")
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: John Hartwell Cocke
Hirer: John Winn
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