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Report of Outrages committed by Whites on Freedmen in the Memphis Sub District Bureau R F & A Lds for the Month of August 1866 as reported to Lieut Col Fred J. Palmer Chief Superintendent. [[4 columned table]] | Counties | Names of Freedmen | Nature of outrage | Remarks | |---|---|---|---| | Shelby | Randall Cobb | Assaulted by his employer George Hasson Aug 1sy and driven off plantation without pay | Referred to Civil Authorities. No action yet reported in the case | | Shelby | Peter Bunting | Assaulted bu his employer Samuel Gould Aug 6th and driven off the place without pay | Referred to Civil Authorities. No action yet reported in the case | | Shelby | Edward Burrell | Assaulted by his employer P.W. Black July 25th and driven off the place without pay | Referred to Civil Authorities. No action yet reported in the case | | Shelby | Luke Persons | Assaulted by his employer R.N. Campbell Aug 21st and driven off the place without pay | Warrant issued for Campbel''s arrest. Case compromised by Persons going back to work | | Fayette | Charly Stunt | Beaten and Kicked by her employer. Robt Atkins | Referred to Civil Authorities. No action yet reported in the case | | Fayette | A. Freedwoman | Whipped by one Lloyd her employer | No action yet taken in the case | | Madison | A. Freedwoman | Whipped by her employer. | Warrant issued for his arrest | | Madison | A. Freedman | Life threatened and ordered to leave the country by a party of four white men | No action taken in the case | | Haywood | A. Freedman | Shot and mortally wounded by a white man by the name of Clarke August 30th | Case being now investigated by the Civil Authorities | | Lauderdale | Three Freedmen | Whipped by their employers | Case referred to Civil Authorities. No action yet reported. | | McNairy | A Freedman | Assaulted and driven off the place by his employer Virgil Sauders and compelled to abandon crop of 30 acres | No action taken in case | | McNairy | A Freedwoman | Assaulted with a hoe by Dr. Wm. Thompson and severely wounded in head | Case referred to Civil Authorities. Warrant issued, no further report | | McNairy | A Freedwoman | Shot & Killed by two rebel soldiers named H.A Hurst and David Hurst | The guilty parties have fled from the county | | Obion | Edward Piersley Thomas Carmon and another Freedman | Severely whipped by J.W. Williamson, Joseph Hailing and another white man respectively.| No action has yet been taken in any of these cases by the Civil Authorities | [[/4 columned table]] Recapitulation Assaulted & driven off without pay 5 Whipped 8 Assault & Battery 2 Shot 2 Life threatened & ord to leave 1 Memphis Tenn Sept 10th 1866 Fred J Palmer Lt Col 6" V.R.C. Chief Supt
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