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that of the very short crop last year, owing as both freedmen and planters over to the bad season and poor seed: these causes have so influenced the laborers that the meetings before named were inaugerated. 
The growing scarcity of labor, has alarmed the planters, and there is a manifest disposition among many of them to compromise, with the freedmen in regard to the number of days per week, they shall contract to work
It seems to me, that the contracting to work two or three days per week, is going to work injury to both the planters and freedmen. 
I would most respectfully invite the attention of the Asst Com'r, particularly to this subject. 
One instance, will explain several which came under my notice. 
Mr Morrison (a planter) living near MClellanville, has contracted with freedmen, to work for him two days per week; he furnishes them each a tract of land, as pay, for this work, they to hold it for four years, then to surrender it to Mr. Morrison with all improvements - 

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