State of Fla Jefferson County This agreement made and entered into between L.A. Holley of the first part and the following [freedman], Lewis Holley of the [second] part do [bargain] and agree to live with L.A. Holley of the first part, on the Pettus Plantation and [diligently] and faithfully labor for him [during] the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and do [further] agree to obey all direction and orders given by the said L.A. Holley of the first part and the said [freedman] Lewis Holley of the [second] part shall [be required] to pay for all [lost] time from work, and furthermore the said [freedman] of the [second] part shall in case that he should leave the employment of the said L.A. Holley [during] the term of this contract without just and [sufficient cause], shall [forfeit] all wages that may be due up to such time, and furthermore that the party of the [second] part shall be charged with the value of any tools he may [carelessly] or willfully [lose] or [destroy], and the said L.A. Holley of the first part in consideration agrees to [feed] the said [freedman] of the [second] part plentifully [crossed out: for the sum of what is just and right] and to give the said Lewis ($11) eleven dollars per month to be computed at that rate from [crossed out: May] April 24th, 1867 - or ($88) eighty-eight dollars for the year’s work. All differences arising from this contract not individually settled are to be settled by Arbitration of two reliable citizens and the agent of the B.R.F. & A. Lands.