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He lately shot at a freedman named James Lewis, and burned up his household goods, he also shot three times at a freedman named Sam Thompson, and made an unprovoked assault upon a freedman named Langley, beating him until he supposed that he had placed him in a dying condition.

On or about the 21st a whiteman by the name of Clay, murdered Wm Crump (freedman) at a livery stable at Jefferson, Marion Co.

The freedpeople are being wronged and outraged daily, and I am powerless to protect them or redress their wrongs.