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[[crossed out]] and [[/crossed out]] but for the coming of Judge Wood with the Sergeant that there would have been blood shed on Friday night. Since the talk that Judge Wood gave them on Saturday the freedmen say they will remain quiet and lay aside their arms if the white people will do the same thing-

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Exie Love  her X mark

I further state that I would have told these things long ago but my life was threatened and I was afraid to do so.

Exie Love  her X mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th Day of June AD 1868.
Y.P. Wood
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