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the men to accept.  This renders it extremely difficult for the heads of families of small children to procure even such a living as in called comfortable, here. To accumulate and save for future use and thus take a step towards independence is almost an impossibility,

Nearly all the Freedmen drink intoxicating liquor but are not so intemperate as might be expected, in a community, where intemperance is encouraged, by the example of those holding the highest positions and where 
every  effort to suppress the evil is considered out of character.

The Freedmen manifest an intense desire to learn and improve and become good citizens.  Every opportunity is improved to be instructed in their duties as men and citizens. They appear to have no faith or confidence in the teachings of those who have heretofore been their oppressors, while the greatest confidence is placed in the teachings of those to whom they look as the authors of their liberty and the defenders of their rights. 

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