Sharecropping contract between Amos G. Robinson and Berry Couch
date: label: Date
content: February 1, 1866
name: label: Created by
content: Amos G. Robinson, American, born 1831
label: Signed by
content: Berry Couch, American
notes: label: Description
content: A handwritten document on lined, off-white paper outlining a sharecropping agreement between Amos G. Robinson and Berry Couch. The document is dated [February 1, 1866] in the top right with [Georgia / Dawson County] at top left. The agreement states, in part: [this contract or agreement made and entered in to Between Amos G. Robinson of the first Part + Berry Couch a freeman of Culler[sic] of the Second part the said A.G. Robinson agrees to give to the said Berry one fifth of all the corn and fodder + oats that they the aforesaid Robinson and Couch may make on all the land that is here cleared and one half of all the new corn ground that they may clear + the said Robinson also further agree to find the said Berry his Rashings[sic] + 2 shirts 2 pear[sic] of Pants and to have his working done and I the said Berry Couch a freeman of culer[sic] obligate my self to do good work on my part]. The document is signed at the bottom right [Amos G. Robinson / Berry "his x mark" Couch] with signatures from witnesses John Byers and John Smith at bottom left. The document has been folded in thirds with label on the center third of the verso noting the agreement has been approved and registered in Lumpkin County, March 15, 1866.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Dawson County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.26.13
objectType: label: Type
content: contracts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)