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State of Mississippi
Lowndes Cty [County] Jan the 1st 1866

Article of agreement made and entered into between J. P. Norwood of the first part and the undersigned freedmen of the second part witnesseth the undersigned freedmen doth pledge themselves to set in the 1st day of January 1866 to work for said Norwood from that day until the first day of January 1867 during which term of time the said freedman are pledged to perform faithfully any labor as the said Norwood shall direct for which said Norwood here by pledges himself to give them one fourth of the crop cotton, corn, wheat, and fodder they to be divided among them according to classifications.  [unreadable]  Also to furnish the working hands with meat and meal as follows.  The men 3 1/2 pounds of meat and one pack of meal per week

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