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contract shall be considered liable to annulment in addition to legal remedies left to said freedmen.  And in case the said Walace freedman shall voluntarily absent himself from or shall neglect or refuse to perform the labor herein contracted for, the said Hammel party of the first part shall have the right to discharge the said Walace freedman party of the second part and the entire wages due the said party of the second part shall be forfeited to said party of the first part as damages for non-performance of contract on part of said party of the second part.
It is furthermore agreed that any wages due the said freedman under this agreement shall constitute a lien on the crop raised on the place aforesaid.

In witness whereof the parties have hereunto affixed their hands and seals this 6 day of January 1866
S.A. Hamel [seal]
Robert x his mark Walace

Signed and sealed in presence of} 
Mark Berry [Seal]     
Edward Kelly [Seal]

Approved
L. P. Woodworth
Lieut and Sub Com
Yazoo City Miss Jan 6/66

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