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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 are cotton and corn sugar cane and potatoes -  looking new - Freedmen work for 1/3 crop with board or 1/2 crop without board.  Many waters the crops and are then run off

"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."

All out of date: public opinion rules every thing here!

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

I have no officer to execute writs and if I had I do not believe he would succeed, as the peoples will not obey summons from the office unless force is used.  !  This state of things can only be remedied by the presence of a sufficient force.

Transcription Notes:
To be honest, I have no idea what I just read at all. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-12 22:49:52