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AGREEMENT WITH FREEDMEN. 
This Agreement, made this 11 day of September A.D. 1865, by and between James S Graves of the Co of Oktibbeha and State of Mississippi, of the first part, and the person hereinafter named and undersigned, Freedmen of the same place, part .... hereto of the second part.............


WITNESSETH, That for the purpose of cultivating the Plantation known as the Graves Plantation in the County aforesaid, during the year commencing on the first day of January, A.D. 1865, and terminating on the 1st day of January 1866. The said J S Graves, party of the first part, in consideration of the promises and conditions hereinafter mentioned on the parties of the second part agrees to furnish to the said laborers and those rightfully dependent on them, free of charge, clothing and food of good quality and sufficient quality; good and sufficient quarters; medical attendance when necessary, and kind and humane treatment & no work on Sunday except the ordinary household work and Care of the stock. And it is further agreed on the party of the first part that he will pay for the parties of the second part. The one fifth of the Entire Crop made and produced during the term of said labor. Said division of Corn to be made after the [[? is? ?]] 

And it is Further Agreed, That in case the said  James S Graves 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, render this contract liable to annulment by the Provost Marshal of Freedmen. 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 J S Graves may require of them for the time aforesaid, not exceeding ten hours per day in the summer and nine hours in the winter; and in case any laborer shall 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 Marshal shall deem proper.
J. S. Graves
In Testimony Whereof, The said parties have affixed their names to this AGREEMENT at ..., State of Mississippi, on the day and date aforesaid.

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|Names|Age.|No of Dependents.|Remarks.|
|---|---|---|---|
[[Abram?]] X|48|---|Witness F.Smith R. P. Booth|
[[Gracy?]] X|38|1|---|
[[Nellet?]] X|20|1|---|
Hester [[good guess?]] X|33|4|---|
[[?]] X|16|---|---|
Simon[[?]] X|39|---|---|