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those whose contracts stipulate that they are to have a certain portion of the crop, as compensation for their labor. - And when we reflect that the crops are so dependent upon the energy and industry of the Freedmen it cannot be concealed that the successful working of the paid labor system is to be demonstrated by the manner in which those are paid who work the crops. -

A considerable number of those who are cultivating plantations upon this principle have expressed the opinion that if the Bureau affairs are taken away, every possible advantage will be taken of the Freedmen in settling with them after the crops are made.

In every attendance upon the Courts in both Counties, I have not as yet observed any inclination, either on the part of the members of the Court or Bar. to deprive the Freedmen of the privileges guaranteed them by the "Civil Rights Bill".

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