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Cruel Assaults upon Freedmen, by White Citizens. I shall endeavor to have them tried before their civil courts, and promptly punished. I will report the Action of the Magistrate in these cases. I must respectfully urge the necessity of the presence of some U.S. soldiers in this County, even two or three, stationed here for a time, will have a most salutary effect in repressing the lawless violence of the Whites, and impart a feeling of security to the Freedmen which does not exist now, I am Sir, Very Respectfully Your Obt. Svt. Chas. H. Burd 1st Lt. & Asst Supt for Surry Co. Va.
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