Labor contract between F. H. Cobb, John E. Burch, George Williams, John Judkins, Anthony Williams, Carter Brown, Stephen Spear, George Sayre, Cealain[?] McDade, A[?] Hopson, Arnold Hopson, Alford Williams, Cynthia Williams, and Alabama Brown, March 26, 1868
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands reviewed labor contract between landowners and Montgomery County, Alabama freedmen. This record has been transcribed as follows:Contract for labor on F.H. Cobb�s Plantation in Montgomery County Ala for the year of 1868 between the Employers and Labor...
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photographs, labor contracts, slaveholder affidavits Labor contract between F. H. Cobb, John E. Burch, George Williams, John Judkins, Anthony Williams, Carter Brown, Stephen Spear, George Sayre, Cealain[?] McDade, A[?] Hopson, Arnold Hopson, Alford Williams, Cynthia Williams, and Alabama Brown, March 26, 1868 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands |
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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands reviewed labor contract between landowners and Montgomery County, Alabama freedmen. This record has been transcribed as follows:Contract for labor on F.H. Cobb�s Plantation in Montgomery County Ala for the year of 1868 between the Employers and Laborers whose names are hereunto subscribed.
The Employers agree to furnish one-hundred and sixty(160) acres of land more or less of which one-hundred are to be planted in cotton and sixty in corn.
Five mules and feed for same, farming utensils and repairs for same any to cultivate the crop
One acre of land for each laborer free of charge, also house- room and fire-wood.
The laborers agree to feed themselves to cultivate the crop in such manner as to compare favorably with the crops of the neighborhood also a potato patch of two acres more or less for the exclusive benefit of the employers
For and in consideration of a faithful compliance with above contract the laborers shall receive one third of the proceeds of the crop of corn, fodder, peas, and cotton made and gathered on the land cultivated by them.
It is furthermore understood and agreed by both employers and laborers that the employers are authorized to give a lien on the entire crop *received by us* for the purpose of procuring supplies and ad to carry on said plantation*one hundred and sixty acres of land* It is also understood and agreed that should a laborer have before the crop is gathered he or she shall forfeit all interest in the crop. In testimony whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names this the 26th of March 1868
Employers {Fred H. Cobb
{Jno. E. burch
Laborers{ George Williams
John Judkins
Anthony Williams
Carter Brown
Stephen Spear
George Sayre
Cealain[?] McDade
A[?] Hopson
Arnold Hopson
Alford Williams
Cynthia Williams
Alabama Brown
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Labor contract between F. H. Cobb, John E. Burch, George Williams, John Judkins, Anthony Williams, Carter Brown, Stephen Spear, George Sayre, Cealain[?] McDade, A[?] Hopson, Arnold Hopson, Alford Williams, Cynthia Williams, and Alabama Brown, March 26, 1868United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands; Freedmen-Alabama-Montgomery County; African American agricultural laborers-Alabama-Montgomery CountyBureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands reviewed labor contract between landowners and Montgomery County, Alabama freedmen. This record has been transcribed as follows:Contract for labor on F.H. Cobb�s Plantation in Montgomery County Ala for the year of 1868 between the Employers and Laborers whose names are hereunto subscribed.
The Employers agree to furnish one-hundred and sixty(160) acres of land more or less of which one-hundred are to be planted in cotton and sixty in corn.
Five mules and feed for same, farming utensils and repairs for same any to cultivate the crop
One acre of land for each laborer free of charge, also house- room and fire-wood.
The laborers agree to feed themselves to cultivate the crop in such manner as to compare favorably with the crops of the neighborhood also a potato patch of two acres more or less for the exclusive benefit of the employers
For and in consideration of a faithful compliance with above contract the laborers shall receive one third of the proceeds of the crop of corn, fodder, peas, and cotton made and gathered on the land cultivated by them.
It is furthermore understood and agreed by both employers and laborers that the employers are authorized to give a lien on the entire crop *received by us* for the purpose of procuring supplies and ad to carry on said plantation*one hundred and sixty acres of land* It is also understood and agreed that should a laborer have before the crop is gathered he or she shall forfeit all interest in the crop. In testimony whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names this the 26th of March 1868
Employers {Fred H. Cobb
{Jno. E. burch
Laborers{ George Williams
John Judkins
Anthony Williams
Carter Brown
Stephen Spear
George Sayre
Cealain[?] McDade
A[?] Hopson
Arnold Hopson
Alford Williams
Cynthia Williams
Alabama Brown
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Labor contract between F. H. Cobb, John E. Burch, George Williams, John Judkins, Anthony Williams, Carter Brown, Stephen Spear, George Sayre, Cealain[?] McDade, A[?] Hopson, Arnold Hopson, Alford Williams, Cynthia Williams, and Alabama Brown, March 26, 1868 |
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Labor contract between F. H. Cobb, John E. Burch, George Williams, John Judkins, Anthony Williams, Carter Brown, Stephen Spear, George Sayre, Cealain[?] McDade, A[?] Hopson, Arnold Hopson, Alford Williams, Cynthia Williams, and Alabama Brown, March 26, 1868 |
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