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J. M. Chislom
[[strikethrough]] J B Everett [[/strikethrough]]
[[?]] of Yazoo County, Miss. and the freedman Lusey Maroh Mongomery agree as follows: Said Lusey agrees to labor for, and faithfully serve [[strikethrough]] Moore [[/strikethrough]] Chislom for one year, commencing on the first day of January, 1866, and ending on the last day of [[strikethrough]] December 1866 [[/strikethrough]] January 1867. [[strikethrough]] He [[/strikethrough]] She agrees to work from sunrise to sunset, every day in the week, except Sunday, and except three quarters of an hour each day, consumed in eating dinner, and to do such work on Sunday and at night as said [[strikethrough]] Moore [[/strikethrough]] Chilslom his agent shall think necessary; said [[strikethrough]] Moore [[/strikethrough]] Chislom or his agent to be the sole judge of the necessity of such work; such night work or Sunday work to consist in attending to horses stock, etc. [[strikethrough]] He [[/strikethrough]] She also agrees that when said, [[strikethrough]] Moore [[/strikethrough]] Chilslom or his agent shall see fit to give task work, [[strikethrough]] he [[/strikethrough]] she will perform the task allotted to [[strikethrough]] him [[/strikethrough]] her, and if he fails, there shall be a deduction from [[strikethrough]] his [[/strikethrough]] her wages. It is also mutually agreed, that when task work is given, the following shall be a task for a day in the different kinds of work, to wit: In hoeing cotton, corn, or other things, two acres and a half; ploughing cotton, corn or other things, with two furrows to the row, four acres and a half, or four furrows to the row, two acres and a quarter; breaking up land in proportion, according to the number of furrows it takes to the row; [[strikethrough]] splitting rails, one hundred and fifty [[/strikethrough]]; picking cotton, two hundred lbs. 
It is also mutually agreed that said [[strikethrough]] Moore [[/strikethrough]] Chislom or his agent shall be the sole judge of the quantity or quality of the work, when the task is given, and of the time when gang work shall be done. Said Lusey agrees to obey all orders of said [[strikethrough]] Moore [[/strikethrough]] Chislom, or his agent; to be sober and respectful, and to work: when and where said [[strikethrough]] Moore [[/strikethrough]] Chislom or his agent shall direct.
Said [[strikethrough]] J. S. Moore [[/strikethrough]] Chislom agrees to pay said Lusey for said services or labor, as follows: To give said Lusey 3 1/2 pounds of meat, one peck of meal and [[strikethrough]] one pint molasses per week, [[/strikethrough]] and to pay said Lusey at the rate of $8 per month [[strikethrough]] in money, one third of said monthly wages [[/strikethrough]] in money to be paid at the end of [[strikethrough]] each month, and the remainder to be paid at the end of the year [[/strikethrough]] of the year, But if said Lusey shall leave the plantation of said [[strikethrough]] Moore [[/strikethrough]] Chislom at any time during the year, without written permission, for a day or any time less than a day, he shall forfeit $5 for each offence but should the 

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Re-opened and Edited. Filled in [[?]], all but one. Her name is LUSEY. Edited: its Yazoo County - ugly page Edited: {strikethrough] 7, rather than 6, last day being January 1867 It is LUSEY.