AGREEMENT WITH FREEDMEN ON WEST OAK PLANTATION IN IBERVILLE PARISH, LA., APRIL 3, 1865.

AGREEMENT WITH FREEDMEN ON WEST OAK PLANTATION IN IBERVILLE PARISH, LA., APRIL 3, 1865.pdf

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Title

AGREEMENT WITH FREEDMEN ON WEST OAK PLANTATION IN IBERVILLE PARISH, LA., APRIL 3, 1865.

Subject

Emancipation
Labor
Wages
Freedmen

Description

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 they would face if they neglected their duties.

Creator

National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Source

Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872 [microform] (Washington, DC: National Archives and Record Administration, 2004), Roll 45, frames 459-461.

Publisher

Georgetown Slavery Archive

Date

04/03/1865

Contributor

Adam Rothman and Jordan Smith.

Relation

GSA75: Mrs. Emily Woolfolk contract with employees at West Oak, April 12, 1864
GSA77: Payroll of Laborers Employed, West Oak plantation, October 17, 1867

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Labor Contract

Identifier

GSA76

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