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State of Alabama 

The following contract was made and Autauga County entered into between W C Penick and the negroes whose names are signed to the said contract to wit: - 
1st - That the said negroes are to have the one fourth past of the present crop of wheat, after paying the necessary expenses of threshing the same. - they performing all the necessary work in threshing & cleaning the said wheat - 
2nd - That the said negros are to remain on the said Penick plantation & occupy the houses as heretofore until the end of the present year - and that they are to complete the working of the said Penick's crops - saving his fodder - gathering his corn and potatoes, and making the syrup from the cane, now growing - 3rd. That the said negroes are to behave themselves well and be willing to be controlled by the said Penick in the management of marketing & saving his crop - That they are to work faithfully, doing good work ten (10) hours each day - Except Saturday morning, and the Sabbath - and even then, if any emergency should arise beginning their services in saving the crop or any part of it - 4th - That the said negroes are to have the corn & fodder raised on that part of the plantation lying between the present potato patch of the said Penick and the face of L P Saxon or between the Brosseau Field and the woods on the west and containing about sixty five or seventy acres, more or less, - also one fourth part of the sweet potatoes and syrup raised & sand on the plantation, the said negroes remaining & saving their own part as well as the part of the said Penick - By the corn, fodder, potatoes, sugar can syrup, wheat &c are meant & intended that of the present year only. 5th - That after the crop of the said Penick & the undersigned negroes is made, the male prat of the said negroes are to repair the fences on the plantation of the said Penick; also to do and perform any and all such work on the farm of the said Penick, until the 25th day of December 1865, which is customary to be done on farms & while he may direct - also any and all such work off & away from his farm as he may direct & which may be necessary for the support & welfare of his & their families. - But this is not to apply to the females who are, & will be required to make clothing - by spinning & weaving until enough is made for that purpose for his & their families,  6th - that after the said negroes part of the crop is worked over, as now begun the crop of the said Penick is to be worked over again, if he

Transcription Notes:
Corrected name from Pernick to Penick per previous transcriptions already available in Smithsonian archives.