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who is then made to express, or respect, really, merely the sentiments of her white scribe - a citizen of course, of this place.  I gave this woman a letter coached in terms as noted at the bottom of her communication, which I desired her to first show to the writer of the latter, & then take to the Overseer of the Poor for this district; when should he not do anything for her, to let me know, I have heard nothing from her since.

The small remuneration awarded for labor, is certainly a fruitful matter for serious complaint; but this appears to be only one of the many means resorted to, whereby to retard this wretched race from ever emerging from their present, servile and complete dependence.  There are numbers toiling, daily, merely for their food, & clothes, such as they are, and they often never even get them; and the majority of the others for only about from 25$ to 75$ per annum, in addition.

Ready money they have no means at all of obtaining, unless they can, by managing to make time, scrape together a few chestnuts, or Apples, &c, & dispose of them for a dime or two: - And now they have to pay their taxes - Every male over 16 years of age, 80 cts county capitation, & 31 per cent on the amount of State Taxes on personal property & real estate, including the State capitation, of 28 cts, on account of the County - and, of course, also the State Taxes.  It should not be wondered at were these people to steal.  And yet, the complaints on this score are very few, in comparison with their number, & in consideration of their condition; fewer in fact, in proportion, all things considered, than with the Whites - And were all the offenses committed by the latter against the former to come up for adjudication, in addition to those, otherwise, or ordinarily prosecuted, such actions would exceed those brought against the colored people by heavy odds.