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- Contract between A. S. Naftel and Franklin Perkins, a freed slave who would be working as a sharecropper on Naftel's land.
- 1869-01-01
- The contract discusses wages and expenses, and also lists rules and regulations that Perkins was to follow.
- 2009-09-11
- Contract between the trustees of Cotton Port and James Bright, who has just purchased a plot of land.
- 1819-09-16
- Bright owes the company $420, which he will pay over the next year. After full payment is made, the trustees will give him the deed to the lot; if they do not honor their part of the contract, they will owe Bright twice the amount he will pay for...
- 2010-06-09
- Contract between the trustees of Cotton Port and John Coffee, who has just purchased a plot of land.
- 1818-03-17
- Coffee owes the company $310, which he will pay over the next two years. After full payment is made, the trustees will give him the deed to the lot; if they do not honor their part of the contract, they will owe Coffee twice the amount he will pay...
- 2010-06-09
- Contract between the trustees of the Cotton Port Company and John Coffee, who has just purchased forty acres of land.
- 1825-03-04
- Coffee owes the company $408.40, which he will pay over the next two years. After full payment is made, the trustees will "convey the before mentioned lot of land containing forty acres...by a deed of conveyance with a general waranty [sic]"; if...
- 2010-06-09
- Contract between William K. Oliver and J. B. Hatcher, both of Coosa County, Alabama, regarding the construction of a house for Oliver.
- 1841-01-04
- In the contract Oliver gives specific dimensions of the house; the layout of the rooms; and the exact number of windows and doors to be included. For his work Hatcher will receive $1,600; the necessary supplies and labor to complete the job; and...
- 2009-06-25
- Contract between Willis P. Bocock and Lewis O. Collins, who will be serving as an overseer at Waldwick Plantation in Marengo County, Alabama.
- 1860-07-16
- In exchange for managing the plantation and slaves, Collins will receive a horse to ride about the property; housing, provisions, and a servant for his family; and $500 per year. The contract ends with the stipulation that "if he drinks any spirits...
- 2009-09-04
- Contract for Allice, a former slave, who will be working ten months for N. M. Ruff and William Bonnell Hall of Benton, Alabama.
- 1866-03-01
- The agreement was actually made by Joseph, Allice's guardian. For her work she is to receive $48, rations, and medical care.
- 2009-06-25
- Contract for B. Wilson, a freedman, who will be working several months for P. J. Weaver of Dallas County, Alabama.
- 1865-05-22
- For his work Wilson is to receive $6 each month ("payable in Green Backs") plus room and board. He will have the "privilege of raising chickens and a garden for his own use," but he will not be allowed to sell any poultry or produce. The contract...
- 2009-09-28
- Contract for eight African American men and women, all freedmen, who will be working a year for Emily D. Thetford of Sumter County, Alabama.
- 1865-07-15
- For their work the men and women are to receive clothing, rations, shelter, medical care, and one-tenth of the plantation's crop. The contract also discusses rules of conduct, adding that the workers cannot leave the plantation or entertain other...
- 2009-06-25
- Contract for Fred, a freedman, who will be working nine months for William Bonnell Hall and Thomas Douglas of Lowndes County, Alabama.
- 1866-03-27
- For his work Fred is to receive $10 each month.
- 2009-06-25
- Contract for J. Miller, a freedman, who will be working a year for William Bonnell Hall of Benton, Alabama.
- 1867-01-11
- For his work Miller is to receive $144 and rations.
- 2009-06-25
- Contract for John Henry and his aunt, Elizabeth, both freedmen, who will be working a year for Washington Wallace of Lowndes County, Alabama.
- 1867
- For their work they are to receive $225, rations, and medical care.
- 2009-06-25
- Contract for Shade Moore and his family, all freedmen, who will be working a year for W. G. McCondichie of Snow Hill, Alabama.
- 1866-12-29
- McCondichie will furnish the land, stock, and half the necessary feed and supplies; he will advance the family provisions and the rest of the supplies, to be repaid at the end of the year: "We [the Moores] further agree to give the party of the...
- 2009-06-25
- Contract for six African Americans, all freedmen, who will be working a year for Washington Wallace, Ed Anderson, and William Bonnell Hall of Benton, Alabama.
- 1867-01-07
- All the freedmen are listed at the end, with the amount each will be paid.
- 2009-06-25
- Contract for sixteen African American men and women, all freedmen, who will be working a year for H. L. Whipple of Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1868-00-00
- The contract discusses wages, benefits, and rules of conduct. All the freedman are listed at the end, with the amount each will be paid.
- 2009-06-25
- Contract hiring Mary J. Stearns as a teacher in Butler County, Alabama.
- 1890-01-07
- In the contract Stearns agrees to teach white third-grade students for three months. She signs her name as "Mamie."
- 2009-09-04
- Contract in which David Crockett leased thirty-eight acres of land to James Penn at $95 per year for two years.
- 1817-01-01
- The land was probably located in Tennessee.
- 2009-09-11
- Handwritten copy of a contract between Lieutenant Colonel Minor Meriwether and Samuel G. Jones, engineer and superintendent of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1864-05-26
- Jones acknowledges receipt of the locomotive engine "Industry," which will be rented on a daily rate and returned upon request.
- 2011-07-06
- Handwritten copy of a contract between Lieutenant Colonel Minor Meriwether and Samuel G. Jones, engineer and superintendent of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1864-06-18
- Jones acknowledges receipt of a locomotive and box cars, which will be rented on a daily rate and returned upon request.
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Jessie D. Neill in Albany, Alabama, to Mrs. Priestly Toulmin, secretary of the Statewide Campaign Committee for the Abolishment of the Convict Contract System.
- 1923-06-02
- In the letter, Mrs. Neill states that "the President of the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs has been instructed to appoint a committee to visit the mines in which convict labor is employed." She tells Mrs. Toulmin that "the visit is to be made...
- 2009-09-30

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