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and the old negro or parent put to work on some public work or chain gang, now this is not done with the whites and this thing of binding the black is actually inslaving them again to all intents & purposes only worse for the poor negro its a perfect presentation how many has & will be shiped of God only knows many these are bound start helthy & able 16 or 17 years old and many of the bound is left this land long since these two things one of binding out negroes and the other of furnishing ration to the poor they are doing more harm than any two Satans ever invented by this or any other Servant and if pursued in [[strikethrough]] will [[/strikethrough]]or continued one will make more idleness and make more pain persist in the south than ever was heard of before, while the other will inslave again in less than three years at least 2,000,000 of Black people and which will grow another great national War Major General Howard is right in one I wish he could control both the Bureau rightly administered would work good but rong evil
Sir unless these people are colonized they will be again inslaved or become exstinct as to Educating them here upon the expense of the whites neither north or south will submit to this long once they understand out of whose pocket came the pay and that of its' self is now becoming a matter of speculation who shall teach who shall get this money if no one says anything about the negro leaving educated and all cases left and when all bound out where will be any to school General it may be rong to of wrote this to you but sir you are one of our big & ruling men and have much influence with the government in such things and I am aware you want & will do rite if you can & so I believe about Major General Howard and should wrote to him but did not know where to sent my letter as it concerns him I hope you will remail it to him & oblige the needy generally & do public good  I am a destitute woman with 8 children & have never got anything coming in [[?]] or near there in confidence ex to Genl Howard