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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Alabama documents Tait, James G.; African Americans--Alabama; Freed persons--Alabama; Plantation life--Alabama; Sharecroppers--Alabama; Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865-1877)--Alabama; Montgomery County (Ala.) |
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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." |
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Q0000110667 - Q0000110668Q110667 - Q110668Contract 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 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."1865 July 311865-07-311860-1869Tait, James G.; African Americans--Alabama; Freed persons--Alabama; Plantation life--Alabama; Sharecroppers--Alabama; Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865-1877)--Alabama; Montgomery County (Ala.)TextContractsTait familyTait family papersLPR35, Box 7Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections. 600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/9855 |
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