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Office of Supt. Dist of Selma. 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. 
Selma, Ala May 18th, 1866.

To His Honor
J. T. Reese
Mayor of Selma

I am informed that colored women are placed in the chain gang, an made to work on the streets. I would respectfully protest against the revival of this practice which was discontinued by Military Authority last summer. 
I shall be compelled to test the full power of the U.S. Authority to suppress the practice, in case it is persisted in. 
Very Respectfully
Sam S. Gardner
Superintendent

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