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and kind and human 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 Saturday and none whatever on Sundays.
They also, of the second parties agree to attend to the stock and cooking of Saturday evening, and Sundays as heretofore.
And it is further agreed that in case said said WmB Easterling shall fail, neglect, or refuse to fulfill any of the obligations assumed by him or shall furnish said parties of the second part with insufficient food or clothing, or be guilty of cruelty to them he shall, besides the legal recourse left to the party or parties aggrieved, under this contract liable to annulment by the provost Marshall of the Freedman, and it is agreed on the part of the parties of the second part that they will each well and faithfully perform such labor as the said WmB Easterling may require of them for the time aforsaid, not exceeding ten hours per day in summer and nine hours in winter, and in case any laborer shall voluntarily absent themselves 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 Marshall of freedman shall deem proper
It is further agreed, that any wages or shear 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 shipment of products shall be made untill Provost Marshall of Freedman shall certify that all dues to said laborers are paid or satisfactorily arranged

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