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labourers, from One hundred and fifty, ($150.) to Two hundred ($200.) Dollars. Per Annum, including, Quarters. Fuel and Rations and for women, from Sixty ($60) to One hundred ($100) Dollars, including Quarters, Fuel,and Rations; written contracts have been complied with in good faith, by both labourer, and employer, a great majority of them have found homes with, or near their former owners. Confidence existing between the parties to such an extent, as to satisfy themselves with parole contracts only these freed-men are generally supplied with farming implements and given one third of the Crop raised by them.
                                 Poor
I have found it my duty to give more than ordinary attention to the aged, crippled