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This Indenture made and entered into on the 1st day of January 1866 between R.D. Wimberley of the County of Edgecomb and State of North Carolina of the first part & the undersigned freedmen and women of the second part witnesseth that the parties of the second part have agreed to become laborers on the farm of R.D. Wimberely from the present date until the 1st of January 1867 & they do agree to do all kinds of labor common to the farm of the county, to obey all regulations necessary for the proper government of the farm, to render the amount of labor faithfully that is usual for their capacity, and to remain until the expiration of the contract. And they further agree that one half of the amount due as wages shall be retained until the end of each year and if the contract is violated that the amount due as wages at the time of such violation shall be forfeited. A refusal to perform the proper amount of work unless in case of sickness shall be considered a violation of the contract & the amount of labor lost shall not be paid for. And the parties of the 1st part agrees in compensation of such labor that he will furnish the men with four (4) lbs of pork or its equivalent & one (1) peck of meal per week, and to the children who labor in the field over 9 years old park & meal in proper rates to correspond with the adults, & the amount of money per month in the respective year, which stand opposite their names, & the parties of the 2nd part agree to observe a respectful deportment to the part of the 1st part & his agents & to do his work cheerfully & promptly, wages for all lost time to be deducted & board charged