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An Agreement and Contract,
Made the days and dates annexed, by and between Susan L Harris and E.H. Strong party of the first part, and the within named Freedmen and Freedwomen, parties of the second part, all of the County of Lowndes, State of Mississippi. C sheres fres.

The said party of the first part agrees to pay parties of the second part, according to the classification, number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, in the division of the crops as they are gathered, (with deductions for depend-ants,) for their labor for the year 1866, the following proportions of the crops:

[footnote 1]

______ crop of Cotton
______ crop of Corn and Fodder.
______ crop of Wheat.
______ crop of Oats.
______ crop of Potatoes.
______ crop of Peas.

and in addition, said party of the first part shall furnish said parties of the second part quarters and good and sufficient food, (clothing, medical attention, and other supplies for said laborers and their dependents, at the expense of the laborers.)
And it is agreed on the part of the parties of the second part for themselves and families that they will well and faithfully perform any and all labor as the said party of the first part or his agent may require of them in the time aforesaid.  It is further agreed that the rules hereto attached be made a part of this contract and that if the said parties of the second part become idle or refuse to work when able so to do, or feign sickness or leave the plantation, then, and in that case, this contract shall be at an end, and the said party shall forfeit all unpaid wages.
The classification is made upon tasks.  When laborer does not perform work assigned to one class, he or she will be reduced to an inferior class.  The manager shall alone be the judge of the classification.
Dependents are to be under the same obligation and rules as the laborers, and when they are minors punishment will be inflicted by their parents or managers.
In testimony whereof, the said parties have hereunto affixed their names to this agreement on the days and years annexed.

Date of Contract. | Names. | Age. | [[strikethrough]] No. of Classification [[/strikethrough]] | Names of Dependents. | Age. | Deductions for Depend'nts | Amount of Wages after deduction | Freedmen's Signatures.

Jan 1st/66 | Harriet | 58 | $96.00 | Jacob | 12 |  |  | X 
" | Libone | 15 | 48.00 |  |  |  |  | X
  | Patty | 32 | 72.00 |  |  |  |  | X
  | Oscar | 28 | 144.00 |  |  |  |  | X
  | Who is to
    go to the country to see
    his family every other week #

WITNESS:


[footnote 1] Approved Jan 13th/66 SJ Barnes LH Sublaer Freed B