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AGREEMENT WITH FREEDMEN.

This Agreement, made this 10th day of October, A. D. 1865, by and between L Bryant of the County of Monroe, 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 [[strikethrough]] cultivating the Plantation [[/strikethrough]] doing work in the house known as L Bryant, in the County aforesaid, during the year commencing on the first day of August, A. D. 1865, and terminating on the 1st day of January, 1866. The said L Bryant party of the first part, in consideration of the promise and conditions hereinafter mentioned on the part 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 quantity; good and sufficient quarters; medical attendance when necessary, and kind and humane treatment. 

And it is Further Agreed, That in case the said L. Bryant shall fail, neglect or refuse to fulfil any of the obligations assumed by him, or shall furnish said party of the second part with insufficient food or clothing, or be guilty of cruelty to his, 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 party of the second part, that she will each well and faithfully perform such labor as the said L. Bryant may require of [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] her 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 .... 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 Oakolona [[Okolona]], State of Mississippi, on the day and date aforesaid.

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