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between whites & blacks, and this is owing to the good behavior of the Freedmen - The slightest, impudence, or anything that can be construed into insubordination is generally met by a "knock down argument." I have a case of the latter, now pending before, the County Court, where gross injustice was done the Freedman; & I have directed him to sue in the higher Court for damages, which I think he will get. Under all the circumstances, I consider the conditions of affairs hopeful; I have the honor to be General Very Respectfully Your. Obt. Svt. Louis W Stevenson 2 Lt. VRC Ast Supt
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