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"Report the disposition and feeling of the white people towards the freed people as expressed by words and actions."

The people are biter and do all they can in abusing the freed people and intimidating the people and spend a great deal of there time in cursing the union party

EDUCATION.
"Report the feeling upon the subject of education; what steps have been taken to promote the same; what efforts the freed people are making in that direction and in what manner they may be assisted, &c., &c."

In the uper part of this county the feed people had a school house that was torn up taking the floor out and windows, the parties are unknown it will be impossible to keep a school in the county unless we have the protection of the Government as long as the Soldiers remaind the people kept hands of but now they bost that they will do as they please