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Contract for Labor
This indenture made and entered into this 1st day January 1866 between B B Barron of the County of Edgecomb & state of N Carolina of the 1st part & the undersigned Freedmen & woman of the 2nd part Witnesseth.
that the parties of 2nd part have agreed to become laborers on the farm of B B Barron from this time to the 1st January 1867 they do agree to do all kinds of farm work common to the farms of the County, to obey all the regulations necessary for the property government of the farm, to render the amount of labor faithfully that is usual for their capacity, to remain till the expiration of the contract. And they further agree that one half of the amount due as wages shall be retained till the end of the year, & 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 labor unless in case of sickness shall be considered a violation of the contract and the amount of labor lost shall not be paid for. And the party of the 1st part, agrees in compensation for such labor he will furnish the men four pounds of pork and 1 peck of meal, the women three 1/2 lbs pork & 1 peck of meal per week; & the children over 9 years old pork & meal in proper ratio as compared with adults and comfortable quarters and the amount of money per month set opposite their names. And the parties of the 2nd part agree to observe a respectfully deportment to the party of the 1st part and his agents & do their work cheerfully & faithfully, and the party of the 1st part agrees to treat the parties of the 2nd part kindly.

Julia her X mark Pitt for herself & their children $29.50 per month
To wit, Julia $7 Stephen $10.00 Della & Benny each $6.25

B B Barron
Signed in the presence of C. H. Barron

Witness William F Cox
Lt VRC & Asst Supt Sub Dist of Tarboro N.C.

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peck is a measurement, filled in blanks, changes and corrections, completed transcribing the page