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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04522.10 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Sharecropper's contract between Isham Bailey and freedman Alie Bailey |
| Date | 1 January 1867 |
| Author | Bailey, Isham G. (fl. 1867) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Signed by Isham G. Bailey and by Jack Bailey, with his mark; countersigned by Justice of the Peace A.B. Conly. Jack Bailey's responsibilities include cultivating seventy acres of land, furnishing one mule, provide for himself, family and hired hands, and pay half of the expenses for the blacksmith. For his services, Jack Bailey will receive half of the cotton, corn, fodder, and other crops raised. Isham Bailey agrees to furnish two mules with forage, provide faming implements, pay half of the blacksmith expense and provide a house for Jack Bailey, his family and hired help. With 5-cent revenue stamp. |
| Subjects | Reconstruction Freemen Labor Contract Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Cotton African American History |
| People | Bailey, Isham G. (fl. 1867) |
| Place written | Marshall County, Mississippi |
| Theme | Agriculture; African Americans; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |