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- Letter from William E. Fort in Birmingham, Alabama, to the chairmen of the Statewide Campaign Committee for the Abolishment of the Convict Contract System.
- 1923-07-21
- In the letter Fort discusses the adoption of the Long resolution in the state legislature, which directed that "no legislation regarding the convict lease system be considered during the present session." Fort believes that "the powers that be in...
- 2009-09-30
- Letter from William E. Fort of the Statewide Campaign Committee for the Abolishment of the Convict Contract System in Birmingham, Alabama, to the members of the Alabama Legislature.
- 1923-09-10
- In the letter Fort states that members of the committee "are not sentimentalist," nor are they "influenced by union labor." Rather, their sole interest is the "welfare of our State" and the belief that "convicts should be treated sensibly and...
- 2009-09-30
- Sharecropping contract between James G. Tait and Thomas Hill, a freedman.
- 1868-00-00
- In the contract Tait rents a piece of his land in Wilcox County, Alabama, to Hill for a year: "...Hill is permitted to clear land & build houses, without expense to said Tait excepting nails & flooring." In exchange, Tait will receive one-fourth of...
- 2010-11-12
- Sharecropping contract between Mary P. Watts and J. C. Jones.
- 1869-03-25
- In the contract Watts rents her plantation in Dallas County, Alabama, to Jones for five years; in exchange, he is to deliver three 500-pound bales of cotton to her home each year before Christmas.
- 2009-06-25
- Sharecropping contract between Willis P. Bocock and several freedmen who will be working a year on his Waldwick Plantation in Marengo County, Alabama.
- 1870-01-01
- Bocock will furnish the land and stock, and he will advance his employees provisions each week; the freedmen will pay for their own expenses and receive one-third of the all the crops. A provision at the end of the contract (which is in a different...
- 2009-09-04
- Sharecropping contract between Willis P. Bocock and several of his former slaves.
- 1870-01-03
- Bocock owned Waldwick Plantation in Marengo County, Alabama.
- 2009-09-11

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