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But the ignorance and poverty of the Freedmen are great obsticles to their obtaining their rights when unprincipled persons chose to cheat them, and I will have to act for them to the best of my ability -

My impression is that in the county there is a disposition to give them justice when brought before the courts- if they only had those accessories which, through the regular formalities of the civil law, are necessary in order to obtain it-

All the white inhabitants say that "the niggers must be fairly dealt with" - but words and actions are sometimes different and I fear that, after the crops have been secured, some farmers will continue to disgust their laborers in such a manner that these latter will leave, and then the former will contend that they have broken the contract- I have already seen certain indications of this state of affairs-

Having been so short a time in the county I cannot give a reliable opinion as to the feeling existing between the two classes- From what I have observed it is, in general, pretty good- though there are exceptions-

Last Sunday I attended religious services held near this place expressly for the benefit of the Freedpeople- A large number of them was present- well dressed and well behaved- As an indication of various sentiment