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or otherwise unavoidable 

and in consideration of the faithful performance by the said parties of the first part of all the obligations assumed by them and of the punctual payment by Asher & Boyd of all the wages agreed upon as aforesaid the said freedmen parties of the second part here by covenant and agee with the said Asher & Boyd parties of the first part their agents, executors, administrators or assigned to render during the entire year of 1866 beginning on the 1st day of January 1866 and ending on the evening of the 31st day of December 1866 and that the said parties of the second part covenant and agree to and with the said parties of the first part to always obey any Call, Summons, or order eminating from the people sources that being either from one of the parties of the first part as from any authorized agent of theirs and the parties of the second part covenant and agree to render unto the parties of the first part during the period of [[?]] months before mentioned respectful, faithful and obedient labor in strict conformity with the conditions aforesaid.

It is further agreed that in case the said Asher & Boyd parties of the first part shall fail neglect or refuse to fulfill any of the obligations assumed by them or shall be guilty of cruelty to the freedmen or any of them they shall besides being liable to the legal recourse left to the party or parties