Morriss's legal agreements and contracts with freedpeople, 1867-1891
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Manuscript copies of rental or sharecropping "agreements" between Morriss and various laborers, most whom appear to have been formerly enslaved and illiterate (many signed "X" with "their mark"). The agreements include names as well as details of the work, payment schedules, and behavior expectations for the laborers.
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