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house, and give me 150 lashes with a buggy trace. They then took me to the carriage house, took all my clothes off except my shirt, and tied that over my head, tied me across a log, and then John Lee Marshall gave me about 150 lashes across the back with a buggy trace.
The next morning they drove myself and wife off the Plantation, without paying us any wages at all. My wife is now at Claiborne.
There was a black man, by the name of Stephen, who helped them whip me, and another black man by the name of Anderson who was close by, and heard what was said, and saw John Lee Marshall whip me.
(Signed) Richard his X mark Dick

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this Twenty ninth day of May. 1866
(Signed) L.J. Whiting
Capt. Act. Supt. B.R. F & A. L.
District of Mobile.
Official Copy:
A.D. Kinsman
Brevt Major and A.A. General.

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