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from him — if he sold any part thereof — for the purpose of erecting a Freedmen's School thereon, — The instance cited, is I believe, a fair representation of the general feeling of the white people of this county, upon this subject. 

But while this is the general feeling of the people of the county, it affords me great pleasure to say, that I found one man, at least, in the county, actuated by no such unmanly and short-slighted prejudices. I deem it not inappropriate to mention his name in this connection. I refer to Mr. Samuel Fuquardt of Lunenburg Court-House who, actuated by a lofty public sentiment, has generously given the Land and timber necessary to erect a School-House for the education of the Freedmen near this place. An instance of such independent and noble generosity — in a community where anything looking towards the elevation of the Freedmen, and in which Republican sentiments are not tolerated or allowed, — deserves not only — the lasting gratitude of the Freedmen themselves — but the hearty applause of all men who value education more than ignorance — and who prize equal justice to all men before the Laws of their Country. 

The Freedmen are anxious to learn, but have not the means necessary to erect School-Houses and employ teachers. I am happy to bear testimony however, to the universal good order and [[quiet?]] [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] which has characterized the Freedmen of this county — that there have been individual cases of transgression is to be expected in every community — but from the day that emancipation struck down the shackles 

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