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in the outskirts of the village.
A party dressed in white surrounded the school house and assaulted it with clubs and stones on the night of the 4th of May. the teacher went out and saw three men but did not recognize them. They had revolvers in their hands and would dodge about among the graves and sing Ku Klux, Ku Klux.
The night school is nearly ruined, the freedmen not daring to leave their cabins after dark and are not safe even there.
Several freedmen have enquired if they would be permitted to carry arms and defend themselves. I informed them that if attacked they must defend themselves.
On Friday night May 8th two mounted men rode up to a cabin and fired two shots through the door. Two freed men came out and returned the fire. John Duly (alias) Pomp Duty and