Contract for labor from Freedman Henry Dred, wife Sylvester, and child Alfred
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The back or outside of the contract has written on it the signatures of Mary Josephine Rivers and of E. M. Portis, the Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen for Clarke County, Alabama. Approval is dated April 3, 1866."}, {"label": "Transcription Center Status", "content": "Transcribed by digital volunteers"}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture"}], "name": [{"label": "Created by", "content": "Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872"}, {"label": "Subject of", "content": "Henry Dred, American, born 1830"}, {"label": "Subject of", "content": "Sylvester Dred, American, born 1844"}, {"label": "Subject of", "content": "Mary Josephine Rivers"}, {"label": "Signed by", "content": "Edmund M. 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