Contract between Royall H. Eubank and Pollard Gaines
Dublin Core
Title
Contract between Royall H. Eubank and Pollard Gaines
Subject
African Americans, labor, race relations
Description
In December 1865 Pollard Gaines, an African American, contracted with Royall H. Eubank to work his Nelson County farm, tend to all the livestock, repair buildings and fences, cut and haul firewood, fill the ice house, and cultivate the garden "for the white family," in exchange for half the tobacco, wheat, corn, rye, oats, and hay Gaines raised that year. Gaines sued Eubank in the spring of 1867 for not paying him the agreed upon amounts of corn and tobacco.
Creator
Royall H. Eubank
Source
Pollard Gaines v. Royall H. Eubank, 1867-004, Nelson County Chancery Causes, 1808-1912, Local Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
Date
November 29, 1865
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Relation
Gaines v. Eubank Chancery Suit
Format
JPG
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
125_1867_004_0005, 125_1867_004_0006a, 125_1867_004_0006b, Royall H. Eubank contract_1865_transcription_125_1867_004_0005.pdf
Coverage
Nelson County, Virginia
Citation
Royall H. Eubank, “Contract between Royall H. Eubank and Pollard Gaines,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed October 31, 2025, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/534.