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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. 

Corn and cotton principally An abundance of corn raised, cototn promising, Freed people are generally working on half of the crop

"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." 

In 1865 & 6 many freed children were found out under state laws condition, they be boarded clothed and learned to read & write & have not been sent to school as of yet, should not their guardians be requested to fully comply? 

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

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