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Agreement with Freedmen, circa 1865, recto
AGREEMENT WITH FREEDMEN.
This Agreement, (IN THREE PARTS) made and entered into this day of ............................... A. D. 186... , by and between ......................................... of the ......................... of and State of .................................... of the first part, and the persons herinafter named and undersigned, Freedmen of the same place, parties hereto of the second part, WITNESSETH :
That for the purpose of cultivating the plantation known as the ...................................... .............................................................. in the .................................... aforesaid, during the year commencing on the ........................ day of ........................... A. D. 1865, and terminating on the First day of January, A. D. 1866, the said parties do hereby mutually agree that the Regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, providing for the employment and general welfare of Freedmen, series July 29, 1864, and the local rules in pursuance thereof, all of which are hereto annexed, and are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this agreement as fully as if here recited.
The said ............................. for the considerations and on the conditions and stipulations hereinafter mentioned, agrees to pay to the said laborers, the rates of monthly wages agreed upon and as specified opposite their respective names hereto : one half of such wages to be punctually paid during each and every month, reckoning from the day when this contract commences as aforesaid, and the remainder to be paid at the termination of the contract year. Said ................................ further agrees to furnish to the said laborers and those rightfully dependent on them, free of charge, good and sufficient quarters, a separate tenement for each family, fuel and medical attendance; to see that the premises thus furnished are kept in a good sanitary condition ; to allot from the lands of said plantation for garden purposes, to each family, one acre of ground ; each allotment to include a resonable use of tools and animals; to exact only ten hours work per day, and no labor whatever on Sundays ; and if any labor in excess of ten hours per day is rendered, the same is to be paid as extra labor, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the parties hereto ; to grant to such laborers one-half of each and every Saturday, to enable them to cultivate the portions of land allotted to them, also, the fourth day of July ; to co-operate in the establishment of any school for the education of the children of said laborers ; that he will keep on hand, and sell to the laborers at actual cost, on the plantation, a sufficient supply of wholesome food and proper clothing for themselves and their families ; and finally, the said .................................................................. agrees to comply in all respects with the rules and regulations aboved referred to and made part hereof.
AND IN CONSIDERATION of the faithful performance by the said .................................................. of all the obligations assumed by .......................... , and of the punctual payment by ....................... of the wages agreed upon as aforesaid, the said laborers do hereby severally, and each for himself, agree with the said ............................................... heirs and assigns, to well and faithfully perform the labor herein stipulated for the term aforesaid, in strict conformity with the conditions aforesaid ; and they further agree to observe and comply with the rules and regulations above referred to.
AND IT IS FURTHERMORE AGREED : That in case the said shall fail, neglect or refuse to filfil any of the obligations assumed by ........................... , or shall furnish said parties of the second part with bad or insufficient food or insufficient or unhealthy quarters, or shall be guilty or cruelty to them, he shall, besides the legal recourse left to the particular party or parties aggrieved, render this contract liable to annulment, at the option of the Superintendent of Freedmen.
AND in case any laborer shall voluntarily absent himself from, or shall neglect or refuse to perform the labor herein contracted for, and the fact shall be shall be proved to the satisfaction of the proper Superintendent, the one-half of the wages due to said party so offending, retained in the hands of the said ........................................................ as aforesaid, shall be forfeited, one-half thereof to the said ................................................. and the other half to the United States, to aid in supporting the helpless, and the party so offending may be discharged from said employment.
Agreement with Freedmen, circa 1865, verso
AND IT IS FURTHERMORE MUTUALLY AGREED by the said W. H. Bolton - and the following named laborers, to wit:
that in liew of the half wages to be paid to them at the end of the year, the said laborers shall be entitled to, and agree to accept, the share of the nett profits of carrying on the plantation during the period aforesaid, respectively set opposite their names below
AND IT IS FURTHERMORE AGREED, that any wages or share of profits due the said laborers under this agreement, shall constitute a first lien upon all crops or parts of crops produced on said plantation or tact of land by their labor. And no shipment of products shall be made until the Superintendent shall certify that all dues to laborers are paid or satisfactorily arranged.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the said parties have affixed their names to this agreement,
at ............................................ State of .................................... on the day and date aforesaid.
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NAMES. | AGE. | SEX. | CLASS. | MONTHLY RATE OF WAGES. | INTEREST IN PROFITS |
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Luite Jim | 36 | Male | 2 | Sickly | |
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Liute Harriet | 30 | Female | Sickly Army | Ages - serf - days | |
Lear | 8 | Do | 15th Family - EDM and | 40 } Male - 1 | |
Anniea 6 years -Andrea | Big Jane teh | 40 } Female - 3 | |||
4 years - Jinnettt 2 years |
Jacky Aun | 36 | Female | 3 | 16th Family - Sick | 36 } Male Sickly 3 |
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her child 6 years | Sarah | 36 } Female No 1 |
Big Henry | 50 | Male | 3 | 17th Family - Lauren | 40 } Male " 2 |
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Patsy | 46 | Female | 2 | Little Sally in | 42 } Female " 2 |
Little Dave | 17 | Male | 3 | the family may | |
Austin | 14 | Male | ~ | charly 14 - Jake 10 |
L Henry | 30 | Male | 2 | Ester 9 Pry 7 chanty |
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Lucy in the family ??? | 28 | Female | 2 | Jernfry 8 |
& her child 2 years |
Green | 40 | Male | 3 | 18th Family - Isaae | 42 } Male 2 |
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Jane his wife | 22 | Female | 4 | S Sally Ann | 40} Female 2 |
Kim Rod 6 years Molly | in the Family | ||||
4 years old | with 1 child 2 years |
Hanah | 47 | Female | 4 | 19th Family Noah | 34 } Male 2 |
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Jay Ian | 16 | Male | 3 | Luunfter | 38 } Female Sickly |
with 5 children |
Ask Cuto - | 38 | Male | 2 | 20th Anderson | 26 Male 2 |
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Grany Patsy | 56 | Female | ??? | ??? Wife ??? & Child | 20 Female 3 |
Anshony | 17 | Male | 3 | 21 - Family Lish Wirro | 57 } do seekly news |
8th Family Harrison - | 19 } Male 2 | ||||
Louise a widow | 35 | Female | 2 | Bob - | 17 } de 3 |
with 2 Small children | - | Caroline - | 14 } de 3 | ||
Jackson Alphin boy | 6 | Male | 3 | Sammy - | 12 } de |
Making 110 head, working about 40 hands - old & young - I have contracted with them for 1/12 part of the cotton Raised - for 1865 and they all expens ses - in making the crops for said year