Creator
Stephen Howard
Title
Agreement to Hire Silas to Work on the Montgomery and West Point Railroad.
Date
1855
Description
The hiring of slave labor for work was a common practice in the South. To find documents about it relating to railroads is uncommon. Stephen Howard was a slave owner in Macon County, Alabama who hired out Silas, an enslaved person to the Montgomery and West Point Railroad in 1855. This letter outlines to terms of the agreement between Howard and the Railroad for Silas’ labor. Silas was to receive nothing from the company for his work.