Contract for eight African American men and women, all freedmen, who will be working a year for Emily D. Thetford of Sumter County, Alabama.

Contract for eight African American men and women, all freedmen, who will be working a year for Emily D. Thetford of Sumter County, Alabama.

For their work the men and women are to receive clothing, rations, shelter, medical care, and one-tenth of the plantation's crop. The contract also discusses rules of conduct, adding that the workers cannot leave the plantation or entertain other African Americans without Thetford's permis...

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Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Alabama documents
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/1839

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