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and induces him through false statements to believe he would be cheated of his rent. An attachment is drawn out, every mule is driven from the place, and sold, our crop still in the field, but by staying with them myself I have indused them to gather what they could of it. Now the sherif of this County (a man of your own appointing) by the name of Ligon so has petitioned to yourself ware Rebels, Comes to secure the ballance of the rent, and in place of dividing the crop and leaving the freedman in posession of his part, he makes a clean sweep regardless of their rights Our rent is sixteen hundred dollars ($1600) the cotton alone on the place will amount to 50 or 60 bales. We work about 40 freedmen who are to receive half the crop. Now Sir, I submit the case to yourself. Can anything be done? are there any laws for