William May's Freedmen Labor Contract - 1865





"When us was freed us was turnt out foot loose lak cattle an' fared mighty bad fer a few years a trying to get by an' git settled. De darkies mos' all settled on small farms lak we done or wuked 'round fer wages." Manus Brown, former slave of John Brown in Simpson County, Mississippi

Extracted by Linda Durr Rudd
LRudd@aol.com

FREEDMEN LABOR CONTRACT - LIST OF FREEDMEN
Planter: William May
County: Simpson County, Mississippi
Date: August 01, 1865

NAME, AGE AMHERS, 6
FRANCES, 16
FRANK, 18
HARRIET, 13
JACK, 11
MANDY, 17
ROSA, 8
SARAH, 50
WILLIAM, 30

SOURCE

Freedmen Bureau Records - List of Freedmen
Microfiche Number 47 - 072
Slave Narrative of Manus Brown
Records found at Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Remembering Their Names