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These articles of agreement & contract made & concluded the 6th day of January 1866 by & between John G Skinner, party of the first part, and Mary Ann, a freedwoman, party of the second part witnesseth:

That the said Skinner agrees & binds himself to allot said Mary Ann & her children Essex & Sallie as much land in his plantation in Yazoo County, Miss., as they can cultivate, for the next year, ending on the 6th day of January 1867, and further said Skinner agrees & binds himself to furnish said Mary Ann, and each of her children with four pounds of meat per week,& one peck of meal; and good quarters & fuel; and two suits of summer clothing each a pair a shoes and medicines and medical attention when necessary.  

It is further agreed that said Skinner is to furnish said Mary Ann & her children stock & utensils necessary to cultivating successfully the land allotted to them.  The said Mary Ann, party of the second part, agrees & binds to herself to send to said Skinner three fourths of the crop [[strikethrough]] they [[/strikethrough]] which she and her said children may make; and further, to be obedient & industrious, and see that her children are.  It is further agreed that if the said Mary Ann [[strikethrough]]or [[/strikethrough]] her children are indolent or refuse to work the said Skinner reserves the right to discharge the