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Sharecropping contract between Amos G. Robinson and Berry Couch

February 1, 1866

Dawson County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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Catalog reference: 2011.26.13

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