Agreement, made this Fourth day of January A.D. 1867, BETWEEN B.W. Bellamy of the first part, and Benjamin Neal, Freedman and a foreman (upon the plantation of said party of the first part), of the second part, all of the County Jefferson and State of Florida. Witnesseth, that the party of the second part, in consideration of the promises and agreements on the part of the said party of the first part hereinafter mentioned, agrees as follows: 1. To take charge of that part of the plantation belonging to said B.W. Bellamy and known as the [blank] acres, more or less, as foreman, and employ laborers as he will require to plant and work faithfully and industriously, according to the orders received by said foreman from said B.W. Bellamy, or his agent, until the 24th day of December next. 2. To follow, implicitly, the orders of said B.W. Bellamy or his agent, in reference to the cultivation and labor to be done upon said plantation. 3. To discharge any laborer who shall be guilty of idleness, dishonesty, disobedience of orders, or any other bad conduct, if required to do so by the party of the first part, or his agent. 4. To take good and proper care of the ules and farming utensils, and see that the mules are not used for any purpose other than farming uroses, except to send for a physician. 5. To become responsible to the party of the first part for wanton injury inflicted upon any mule or farming utensil entrusted to any employee of the said foreman. 6. He will not use or allow any laborer to use or bring upon the said plantation any kind of ardent or spirituous liquor, except for medicinal purposes, without the permission of the party of the first part. 7. He will not allow gatherings of persons upon said plantation, unless they first report to the party of the first part, or his agent. 8. He will not allow anyone to visit said plantation, unless he or they first report to the said party of the first part, and receive permission therefor. And, in consideration of the aforesaid promises and agreements, said party of the first part agrees to furnish said foreman with mules and farming utensils for the proper cultivation of said land. He also agrees to furnish said foreman with provisions for himself and those in his employment, at market prices or as per agreement, and the amount of money due said party of the first part on account thereof to be deducted from the portion or share of the crop due said foreman and his laborers at the end of the year. He also agrees to pay and turn over to the said foreman all the cotton produced on said land by said foreman and his laborers, saving and excepting therefrom to himself 25 bales, weighing 450 lbs. each; also, one-half of all the corn-fodder, sugar and syrup saved thereon, together with the whole of everything else saved upon said plantation. It is mutually understood by and between the parties hereto, that if, from any cause other than idleness or other bad conduct on the part of said foreman and his employes, or either or any of them, they should fail to make the number of bales of cotton of the weight above mentioned due to said party of the first part, the said party of the first part will pay them, in money, a reasonable compensation for their services. In case said foreman shall give just cause for his dismissal from said plantation, then and in case he shall be dismissed by the party of the first part, or his agent, any allowances due him at the time such dismissal shall be forfeited, if determined by a board of arbitration composed of two reliable citizens and the agent of the B.R.F. & A.L., to whom all disputes shall be submitted. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. Benton W. Bellamy and Ben Neal [his X mark] Sealed and delivered in the presence of C.D. Sherman Wm. Flouring