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any respect. On the contrary and quite the reverse Mr. Trevillian is quite fond of these children as are also his whole family and very indulgent to them. Amongst the white people Mr. Trevillian bore the character of both a just & good master."

Mr Trevillian was a member of the Freedmens Court and in that capacity, you Obt. Servt. knew him well. He was a good officer in that capacity and had the confidence of the Freedmen as fully as of the whites. I know of no one who so fully accepted the changed state of affairs as he or more willing to give to Freedmen their just rights. I have been to the residence of Mr. Trevillian quite a number of times & never saw anything like ill or cruel treatment or heard a whisper of it. From my own observations I thought them particularly well treated, and as happy as they could be.

At the time they were bound these children had no one to take care of them. Their only near relatives being a grand mother old and infirm and an uncle a cripple. The Grand mother consented to their being bound, and I at the request of Mr Trevillian explained to her the authority it gave Mr. Trevillian over them. She appeared at the

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