Contract for twenty-nine African American freedmen, who will be working for James G. Tait of Wilcox County, Alabama.

Among the individuals named in the document are the following: Isham, Washington, Isaac, Brien, Gloster, John, Dempsey, Jeff, Jack, Bill Smart, Milly, Dick, Trenk, Malinda, Jim, Champion, Joseph, Betsy, [Athena], Elijah, Matilda, Spot, William, Rachel, David, Delphine, and Thomas. The contract stipu...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Summary:Among the individuals named in the document are the following: Isham, Washington, Isaac, Brien, Gloster, John, Dempsey, Jeff, Jack, Bill Smart, Milly, Dick, Trenk, Malinda, Jim, Champion, Joseph, Betsy, [Athena], Elijah, Matilda, Spot, William, Rachel, David, Delphine, and Thomas. The contract stipulates the penalties if the laborers "fail to work faithfully and diligently," and it outlines what they will receive for services rendered: "one eighth part of the present growing crop of corn, fodder, cowpeas and ground peas, and also one half of the potatoes and sorghum syrup and rice, and also to furnish food, clothing, houses, fuel, and medicines - and in bad cases of sickness, a physician."