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being well paid for it, and this the freedmen are not able to do, and as a consequence he leaves his case in the hands of a rebel Judge or Jury without a friend to advocate his claim.

I would further report that a few col'd men have been discharged from labor on account of voting their preferences, They have all obtained employment. Others were treated in the same manner but refused to report the facts at this office because they were threatened if they did, they would find no employment.

Capt. Geo. E. Judd, Agent for the counties of Giles, Lawrence Wayne & Lincoln Tenn reports September 1st 1867.

The county is in a very unsettled condition. The reb people are exasperated at the result of the election and seem to be looking for some way to revenge themselves either upon the negroes or union whites, they cannot discharge the negro because it is impossible to get along without him. This they acknowledge themselves. They will not trade with a