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15. Thefts are not as numerous in the neighborhood of my farm as in some other parts of the County. I hear of some petty thefts occasionally, but none of any magnitude.
16. There have been one or two instances in the County in which white men were suspected of receiving the stolen goods, but a large majority of the thefts are committed by colored men who have not regular employment (day laborers) or those who are living on poor land and do not make a support.
17. Only a few.
18. Some of them are day laborers and do not work half the time. others are endeavoring to make crops of corn & oats and raise a few hogs.
19. They are generally very poor. and have but few comforts. Those who work by the month are much better provided for and are better cared for in sickness.
20. I [[strikethrough]]do[[/strikethrough]] think not.  Emigration
21. Their local attachments are very strong.
22 As far as I have heard it. the feeling between the two classes is remarkably kind.
23 I do not know of any acts of oppression
26. I think not. Tho I have known some instances of the kind
27 Yes. Some are even penurious
28 The condition of those employed on farms is about as comfortable as it was formerly.
29 I think not. They have been so long accustomed to labor under the direction of the whites, they have learned but little of the management or command of farms except the

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