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Article of Agreement Between David Brooks of the one part & Louis Holloway freed man of the other part the said Brooks on his part doth pay for a boy Jas. Hugh fifty dollars to feed him for the next year 1867. And the said Louis to clothe him the said Boy to work agreeable to the order of the said Brooks & not to leave without the leaf of said Brooks or family if the said Boy leaves before the end of the year he forfeits his years work only what the said Brooks or any disinterested thinks his services worth for the time he stays if the said Louis takes him away he forfeits his wages & the said Brooks binds himself to treat the boy with humanity Given under our hands The 31st December 1867 Test R. D. Brooks David Brooks Louis his X Mark Holloway
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