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of this kind exist, on the part of the employer, the old prejudice is too strong to make him forget that the negro is not a slave; and he can treat him only as such as a general thing. In this, the only protection the freedman has is in this Bureau.
As to colonies, we have only one in this district and that is not self-sustaining, for the reason that it is devoted exclusively to the use and benefit of the old, the infirm, and the sick, and for such children as cannot, for the present be provided with proper places or homes. This colony is properly officered and is the only place in the district where the freedmen unable to provide for their own wants, in sickness or distress may be provided for. But for this, thousands would die of disease and infirmities. No proper sanitary regulations exist herem under the civil administration for destitute negros. The only hope of the Freedmen in the way of Hospital care is through the Bureau.
Even as it is hundreds die of sickness and neglect. It is impossible for us to look after and provide for all under our present limited means & power; and the hostility existing toward this unfortunate class renders all natural demands for succor and aid unavailing. The ties of humanity so proudly boasted of by the American, are entirely lost sight of in the case of the poor black man; and scarcely the sympathy existing for the dumb brute is extended to him by these people of the Loath
The civil courts I am sorry to say, are, in too