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for a portion of the crop- the remainder at a stipulated sum per month or year. and although in some instances I found they were working on what seemed to me to be miserably poor wages- to say nothing of short allowances as they seemed to be satisfied, I did not deem it advisable to disturb the contract further than to demand for them the ordinary allowance of provision- A large proportion of those who are residing in Farmville are employed either in the Tobacco Factories or on the R.R. farm, which they generally realize from Eight to Fifteen Dollars per month.

I have also taken great pains to explain to the Freedmen during this visits the nature of the relations now existing between them and the white man- the positions in which they are placed by the Civil Rights Bill- and especially to impress upon their minds the importance to themselves of faithfully discharging the obligations assumed by them in their contracts - I have also sought to show them that while they are now enjoying 

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