Unnamed Negro Cane Mill Owner

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Unnamed Negro Cane Mill Owner
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Unnamed Negro Cane Mill Owner
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Farming
Specific Job: 
Making Molasses from Cane
Date of Birth: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1850 to Sunday, December 31, 1865
Biography: 

Referred to only as "a sort of patriarch" among the Negro tenants on the Sartoris estate, and described as old enough to be "stooped with time," he owns the facilities - the mill and mule that grind the sugar cane and the kettle in which the juice is boiled - for making molasses (288).

Individual or Group: 
Individual
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