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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"
The cotton crop has failed. The corn yielded well. After paying their debts the freed people generally have but little left, and I fear much suffering among them this winter and spring.
"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."
"Report the difficulties you  labor under in the performance of your duties and how the same may be remedied."