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In some of the Counties there are organized bands of men called "Rangers" "Moderators" "Nigger Killers" who have driven the Freedmen entirely out of certain sections and begin at last to threaten and intimidate Union white men.

In the city of Lexington the Freedmen receive fair wages and this is the case I think in some other sections- but there are Counties and portions of Counties where they are forced or intimidated to work as low as six or seven dollars a month - and in other Counties induced to work without a stipulated price. In Jessamine County alone are contracts to any extent brought under the supervision of the Agents of the Bureau and there its beneficial effect is beginning to be felt by all interested.

Until this system is fully carried out, there will continue to be a great amount of oppression and injustice.

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