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This is a contract is between Mrs. Emily Woolfolk, the owner of West Oak plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, and the freed people on the plantation for wages for the ensuing year. It shows what is expected from both sides and the consequences…

In 1810, the courts at Baltimore County certified the freedom of a woman named Sarah, who had previously been enslaved by the Rev. William Pasquet.

Her certificate of freedom describes her as 37 years old, with a yellow complexion, and five feet…