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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." 

Cotton and corn, freedman are receiving a portion of the crop, very few pay wages. One half and one third is the compensation promised.

"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." 

Nothing Doing

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

I lack support, troops permanently stationed is the only remedy

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