Articles of agreement between John Ball Jr., executor of the estate of John Ball Sr., and Midway and Kensington Plantations overseer Britton Bunch. The agreement outlines John Ball Jr.'s agreement to pay Britton Bunch $200, to have the authority to discharge him, Britton Bunch's share of plantation cattle and crops, an agreement that John Ball Jr. will "let Britton Bunch have a boy to wait & a woman to cook & wash for him," Bunch's agreement to take care of the enslaved persons, especially when sick and with "moderation and humanity and on no occasion to beat them with sticks nor at any one time to inflict more than twenty stripes when necessary to correct them & then with switches.
Articles of agreement between John Ball Jr., executor of the estate of John Ball Sr., and Pimlico Plantation overseer Samuel Lynes. The agreement outlines John Ball Jr.'s agreement to pay Samuel Lynes $500 a year, to have the authority to discharge him, Samuel Lynes' share of plantation cattle and crops, an agreement that John Ball Jr. will "furnish Samuel Lynes with a woman to cook & wash and a boy and a girl to wait on his family," Samuel Lynes' agreement to take care of the enslaved persons, especially when sick and with "moderation and humanity and is on no occasion to beat or suffer them to be beat with sticks" and "when necessary always to correct with switches."
