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[[underlined]] Agreement for Labor [[/underlined]]:

This Indenture made and entered into on the 22d day of January A.D. 1866 between I.A. Brooks & Co of the County of Wayne & State of North Carolina, of the 1st part and the undersigned Free Laborers of the 2 part. Witnesseth that the said Laborers have agreed to work for the said I.A. Brooks & Co, to do all kinds of work common to farms of the country: to do their work faithfully, and to be respectful in their deportment, And they further agree that they only receive every month, the amount placed opposite their names, and the rest at the end of the year; and that the amount so retained shall be forfeited if a violation of this contract is clearly proven. And they further agree that time lost by illness or absence without leave, shall not be paid for. And the said I.A. Brooks & Co have agreed that they will furnish said Laborers with comfortable quarters, sufficient rations, and the Amt. of money [[strikethrough]] which [[/strikethrough]] per month which stands opposite their names. That they will treat them kindly, and encourage the establishment of schools for children. 

There follow the Names, Age, Wages, Monthly payt.
& approved by Asst. Supt. -

Transcription Notes:
previous pages listed planter as I.A. Brooks (Isaac) "& Co" may be "& Cy"