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Sept 15th

Lieut A Coats
A.A.A.G.

Lieutenant

I have the honor to report that the County Court now in Session here are taking away from their parents all colored children and binding them to their former owners, In many cases they had bound girls of 18 years of age approved, and boys of 16 and seventeen who were earning wages. The children have been taken by force, and in some cases have been in the County Jail until such time as they could be restored to the places of their Masters. The whole [[process?]] has been conducted as if they are still Slaves, and until a stop can be put to it, Slavery will be re-established in all intents; they having the [[illegible]] that the young Freedpeople, with [[illegible]] of providing for the old and infirm  The County Courts in other Counties

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