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The contract is not to be for a term beyond twelve months; so that, by no excuse, and by no exercise of power, can the freedman be put even under a shadow of control beyond this brief term.
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Sumner asserts that contracts for labor cannot exceed a year, ensuring limited control over freedmen.
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