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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"

Crops raised are of various kinds. Corn & cotton is the principal crop. Condition of same is very good. Some of the freedmen work for wages - $12.00 per month - others for portion of crop 2/3 of the corn & 3/4 of the cotton 


"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."

The state laws seem to be a drag & are not fully carried out  the people have not the confidence in them as they did previous to the war.


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

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