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do not work, and if possible some plan should be adopted where by their labor can be secured in the field as heretofore In every other respect the labor system seems satisfactory. But strangely at variance with the Employers expressed satisfaction in regard to the labor of the Freedmen, are their acts of petty annoyances and oppression whenever opportunity presents itself. the main object being to intimidate and engender a sense of dependence indicating that the whites as a class are using every means in their power to obtain a longer lease of oppression Slavery in vogue for ages and based upon oppresion is still exerting a fearful influence upon all who even felt its power Customs, morals, and even Religion tend to perpetuate the vassalage and taken in connection with the ignorance and servility of the Freedmen and the craftiness of the intelligent Employers it envelopes the former in an entanglements of circumstances favorable to the latter from which it will take time an wise legislation to extricate them 

Schools
But little is being done. Opposition is on the increase. In some places the schools have been broken up and it is the avowed policy of the people to prevent their being reopened and there is a general disposition exhibited to prevent if possible the further Education of the Freedmen and it would not be advisable to attempt to establish schools except at points under influence of Agents of the Bureau, untill the political status of the County is more clearly defined

Very Respectfully, Your Obt Servt
A.J. Bennett
1st Lieut. 15th Inft Sub Asst Com'r