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he live till his crop comes in! Obviously he cannot without some money: so he spends part of his time in fishing, or gets a job at the nearest town or sawmill in order to get ready money to buy food with. This is discouraging - the white man is discontented and abuses the freedmen for violating his contract - labor is unsteadied and demoralized. The want of capital is the great trouble: there is also far too little consideration for the laborer.

Southern people do not understand how to get work out of the freedmen: results prove this. They expect too much and hence do too little. They leave the workman to his work: the Northern farmer watches and encourages, besides paying him better, and asks no better labor. In this county, as usual, freedmen live in rented tenements and generally move every year: Few contracts are made. A loose way of doing business is common to both parties and is a part of their civilization. I can discern no feeling against selling land to freedmen. The supply of labor is rather in excess of the demand. Land-owners say more reliable labor is needed: they can get this reliable labor when they do their part. The behaviour of freedmen is excellent.