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Burtz, Joshua

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Three business papers from Burtz, including an 1866 agreement with freedman William Parks for land and supplies furnished to Parks as a tenant farmer in return for half of the crop. Includes details on mules, wagons, fencing, and the "patch" of the freedman.
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North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

Keywords

  1. Agriculture
  2. Cherokee County
  3. Freedmen
  4. Georgia
  5. Parks, William
  6. Sharecropping

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