Sharecropper's agreement between Daniel Weaver and James Crow
date: label: Date
content: March 11, 1867
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Daniel Weaver
label: Subject of
content: James Crow, American, born 1847
notes: label: Description
content: A one page document, legal-size, handwritten in black ink on lined paper. At top left is [Georgia / Lumpkin Co.] and the document begins at top right with "This contract and agreement made this 11th day of March 1867, between Daniel Weaver of said county, of the first part and James Crow, a freedman, aged 20 years, of the second part." It is signed at bottom right by Daniel Weaver and by James Crow (his mark).
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
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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: 2009.14.6
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: 12 5/16 x 7 13/16 in. (31.3 x 19.8 cm)