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[[strikethrough]] There shall be no labor required of said Brooks freedman from 12M Saturday until Monday morning, except the care of stock and other necessary labor [[/strikethrough]]. 
 
It is further agreed, that in case the party of the first part shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the obligations assumed to said Brooks freedman, or shall be guilty of cruelty to him, this contract shall be considered liable to annulment in addition to legal remedies left to said freedman. And in case the said Brooks freedman shall voluntarily absent himself from or shall neglect or refuse to perform the labor herein contracted for, the said Hamel party of the first part shall have the right to discharge the said Brooks 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 3rd day of January 1866.
S. A. Hamel {Seal}
Dudley his X Mark Brooks {Seal}

Signed and sealed in presence of }
A B Johnson J P {Seal}


Approved
L P Woodworth
Lieut & Sub Com
Yazoo City Jan 4 1866

Transcription Notes:
Edited - Johnson is a Justice of the Peace (JP) ** Separate initials if no periods. *The last paragraph says they "affixed their hands and seals ...", so that should follow with their signatures and seal, then the witnesses.