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are entitled to great credit for their conduct.
25 I know of no instances of oppression
26 I know of many instances when they have left their employers
27 I have some freedmen who turn everything to account -
28 That condition of those who are hired is good as formerly
29 Renting to a freedman at his own discretion would be ruinous,
It is a miserable system

Dr. Spragins is a man of standing. 

Transcription Notes:
I put it in this format instead of columns Do not show these numbers as bracketed marginalia. This is a list. See previous pages of this report for context. Changed name to Spragins from Sprogins. See previous page of this report.