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3 Contracts: Few are believed to have been made for the present year. 4 No sick old or infirm freedpeople are known to be in want of anything within the authority of this office to supply. 5 No rations have been issued in this Sub Dist within the month for which this report is rendered. 6 Marital relations among many of the freedpeople are not as sacredly observed as would be in keeping with their advancement in other respects. 7 No schools for the benefit of freedpeople are known to be in operation in this Sub Dist 8 Disposition of the white people toward the black: With few honorable exceptions the general disposition of the white people toward the negroes is overbearing tyrannical and oppressive. 9 Complaints and Outrages: Within the past month have been principally confined - with few exceptions - to complaints of nonpayment for services and for witholding the proceeds derived from the sale of the laborers share of the crop. 10 State Laws: Can hardly be said to be enforced equally upon the white people and negroes. I am Sir Very Respectfully Your observant Geo W Corliss Sub Asst. Comr.