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out of all difficultly and result in the end to their great gain.
   In Chesterfield much destitution is to be found throughout the whole County among the freedpeople.  Wages are very low, not sufficient to support men with large families; many of the freedmen are industriously at work tilling lands, but the prospects of an abundant yield are very poor, from the fact that the lands in the County are almost sterile, yielding but limited crops.  As a rule the Colored people are conducting themselves in a quiet and orderly manner eagerly embracing every opportunity to procure profitable employment.
   The farmer, or many of them, are not financially able to employ hands by the month, consequently much of their land remains uncultivated, and as a natural consequence many of the freedmen are out of employment, and are tilling small Gardens to enable them to make a living for their families.  Assistance is given to all