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Planters that the Freedmen will not work, faithfully, in gathering the crops. I have had to visit a number of plantations in consequence of these complaints & applications for redress under them, and in every case, I found the labor much disorganized. The truth is, they have become disheartened since they find they can lay up nothing for the coming year; and hardly meet the demands of the present year. The Employer has in some instances, been the cause of the disorganization of the labor by bad management. Since I impressed upon them the importance of of observing their contracts they have worked diligently. I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Most Obnt Sernt Thad K. Preuss Agent Bu. R. F. & A. L. Sub-Dist. of Oxford, Miss.