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The subject upon which I hope to sit information for my own statisfaction is this

1st has a man this Right to Hire a Freedman for this year 1866 & Turn him out of house & home Say in July 1866 with out Paying Freedman for the time he worked

2d has a man this Right to Compel Freedman who has engaged for the year 1866 to work for a Part of the crop of 1866, to make said Freedman work for other Person and in other Places for wages & Keep the money himself & Freedman get non

3 has a man the Right to Seize by violence Gun in hand & Beat and abuse a Freedman who he has Hired by the month & Drove him the Freedman of his Premises without Paying him for his work as In contract

4th has a man the Right to charge a Freedman on who he has contract with to Live with him 1866 for a Portion of the crops 8 or 10 Prices for Such Articles as Freedman Bound to have from time To time & Many others. Please Answer me at Eaton Greene County Ala.
Respectfully
A.C. Tyree