Receipts issued by Tristam Bethea to African American laborers who signed contracts to work at his plantation in 1866.
The receipts list the names of approximately 30 laborers, including women and children. Each contract lists the amount paid (ranging from $5 to $127), the name of the laborer and their mark, and the signatures of two witnesses, Phill Fitzpatrick and John B. Powell. The following names are listed in...
| Format: | Electronic |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/13925 |