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Agreement with Freedmen.

This Agreement, made this 1st day of June A.D. 1865, by and between Kizziah Rodgers of the County of Covington and State of Mississippi of the first part, and the person hereinafter named and undersigned, Freedmen of the same place, part hereto of second part, of the second part 

Witnesseth, That for the purpose of cultivating the plantation known as the Kizziah Rodgers Place in the County & State aforesaid, during the year commencing on the 1st day of June A.D. 1865, and terminating on the 1st day of January, 1866. The said Kizziah Rodgers in considerations of the promises and conditions hereinafter mentioned on the part of the part of the second part, agrees to furnish to the said laborers and those rightfully dependent upon them, free of charge, clothing and food of good quality and sufficient quantity; good and sufficient quarters; medical attendance when necessary, and kind and humane treatment; to allot from the lands of said plantation, for garden purposes, one acre to each family; such allotment to include a reasonable use of tools and animals for the cultivation of the same; to exact only one half a day's labor on Saturdays, and none whatever on Sundays. 

[[?]] of the second part agrees on his part to remain on the above named place till the first day of June 186 for Board & Clothing &c. and obligates himself to perform the amount of Labour Required in this Agreement.

And it is further agreed: That in case the said Kizziah Rodgers shall fail, neglect or refuse to fulfil any of the obligations assumed by her, or shall furnish said part of the second part with insufficient food or clothing, or be guilty of cruelty to him, he shall, besides the legal recourse left to the particular party or parties aggrieved, render this contract liable to annulment by the Provost Marshal of Freedmen. And it is agreed on the part of the part of the second part that he will each well and faithfully perform such labor as the said Kizziah Rodgers may require of [[strikethrough]] them [[/strikethrough]] him for the time aforesaid, not exceeding ten hours per day in summer and nine hours in winter, and in case any laborer shall voluntarily absent himself from, or shall neglect, or refuse to perform the labor herein promised, and the fact shall be proven to the satisfaction of the proper officer, the party so offending shall be punished in such manner as the Provost Marshal of Freedmen shall deem proper. 

IT IS FURTHER AGREED, That any wages or share of profits due the said laborers under this agreement, shall constitute a first lien upon all crops or parts of crops produced on said plantation or tract of land by their labor. And no shipments of products shall be made until the Provost Marshal of Freedmen shall certify that all dues to said laborers are paid or satisfactorily arranged.

Kizziah Rodgers