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an extremely dangerous element and only militay courts can manage them.  They are docile and yeilding to their friends, and are naturally gentle, but towards the former rebels have feelings of deep bitterness

I think the freedman's court should be generally restored — even the residents themselves are now admitting this and have, to my knowledge, made no complaint about such restoration in the Counties of York and Elizabeth City; that course has done great good

In the county of Accomac the civil authorities are by their own confession powerless  

Judge True, magistrate, said to me —

"I warned the rowdies who hunting down negroes and taking their arms but they kept on. I would not dare give a warrant against them: I said to parties who wanted a warrant 'If I give you a warrant your houses will be burned and I dont know what will happen to me'. Negro testimony is not wanted — people don't believe it when it is given — freedmen have a bad chance before juries — there is much ill feeling. The justices are not to be" 

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