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remorse. 
A feeling of bitterness and prejudice still exists with a certain class towards the freedpeople.  They are not willing that freedmen should own property or that they should be granted facilities for education.

No steps whatever have been taken by the white people to promoting Education among the blacks. Nor is there a disposition manifested, to take any steps of that kind. When there is no deposition manifested to inaugurate a system of education for their own children, they cannot therefore be expected to take any steps toward promoting the same among the freed people. No Efforts have been made by the freedpeople themselves to establish schools, they are helpless in this respect. They need assistance and in my opinion the only way they can be best assisted is for the government to erect buildings suitable for church and school purposes at once, and put them in legal possession of the same. There are no freedmens schools at present in this county. 
A large school could be established in this town and one in Brazonia, eight miles from here providing suitable buildings could be had. It is difficult to procure a shelter of any kind for that purpose.