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to the Freedman the right of Suffrage, as well as the Whites, and places them on the equality before the law, and the Whites knowing that they will be dependant on the Colored people to place them in office, now evince a better feeling toward the Freedmen, but it is only for their own personal benefit, and therefore the Freedmen are suspicious and have very little confidence in their former owners.

No organization for the furtherance of the cause of Temperance has been effected in this Division, though endeavors are being made for that purpose. The Freedmen are not inclined to intemperance, and are on one temperate than Whites, and a Colored person is very seldom seen under the influence of liquor, while it is quite a common occurrence for White men to be seen intoxicated. 

I am very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
J. W. Barnes
Agent, Bureau R. F. and A L.

Thro Brevet Major J. H. Remington
Sub Asst Commissioner 1st Sub Dist Va
Norfolk Va

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