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"State the kind of crops raised and the condition of the same; whether the freed people work for monthly wages or a portion of the crop and the customary amount of either."

1/2 corn and 1/2 cotton - The corn crop was good, the cotton crop light - Nearly all the Freed people work for a share of the crop, 1/2 if they feed themselves, 1/3 if rations are provided.

"Include in your Report the operations of the State laws as applied to freed people, with special reference to the Apprentice Law, Vagrant Law, and Law regulating labor."

Disregarded

"Report the difficulties you labor under in the performance of your duties and how the same may be remedied."