Contract with freedmen on Plains Plantation,

Contract with freedmen on Plains Plantation,

Collection comprises a contract, dated 1865 June 8, made with 28 male and female former slaves for the growing of cotton on the "Plains" plantation in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi. The laborers committed to working every day "from sun to sun," except Sunday, with other...

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Corporate Author: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
Format: Kit
Language:English
Subjects:
1800-1899
African Americans > Mississippi > History > 1863-1877
Contracts > Mississippi > Jefferson County
Freed persons > Mississippi > Jefferson County > History > 19th century
Plantation life > Mississippi > Jefferson County > History > 19th century
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Mississippi > Jefferson County
African Americans
Contracts
Freed persons
Plantation life
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Fayette (Miss.) > History
Jefferson County (Miss.) > History
Mississippi
Mississippi > Fayette
Mississippi > Jefferson County
United States
History

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Duke University

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Call Number: RUB Bay 3360

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