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AGREEMENT WITH FREEDMEN.
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This Agreement, made this 1st day of September A.D. 1865, by and between Fleming Goolsby of the County of Lowndes, and State of Mississippi, of the first part, and the person hereinafter named and undersigned, Freedmen of the same place, part [blank]]hereto of the second part [[blank]]

WITNESSETH, That for the purpose of [[strikethrough]] cultivating [[/strikethrough]] laboring on the Plantation known as the Moores Bluff Plantation in the County aforesaid, during the year commencing on the 1st day of September, A.D. 1865, and terminating on the 1st day of January [[October]], 1865. The said Flemming Goolsby, 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, and food of good quality and sufficient quality; good and sufficient quarters;, and kind and humane treatment. and I further agree to give each one the sum of Five dollars pr month their labor for one month

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And it is Further Agreed, That in case the said Flemming Goolsby shall fail, neglect or refuse to fulfil any of the obligations assumed by him or shall furnish said parties of the second part with insufficient food or [[strikethrough]] clothing [[/strikethrough]] 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 of the part of the part... of the second part, that they will each well and faithfully perform such labor as the said ...... 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.

In Testimony Whereof, The said parties have affixed their names to this AGREEMENT at Columbus, State of Mississippi, on the day and date aforesaid.

[[4 Columned Table]]
| NAMES. | Age. | No. of Dependents. | REMARKS. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Phreno X | 25 | - |   |
| Susan X | 22 |   |   | 

[[note 1]] Approved  E.P. Bennett  Asst Pro. Mar Freedmen

Transcription Notes:
Edited: read format instructions for table EDITED: County of LOWNDES, not LORMAN. GOOLSBY is correct. There are quite a few of this name in Lowndes Co. on Censuses. He is found on many censuses and records as Fleming GOOLSBY.