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0209

Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A Lands.
Hd Qrs A.S.A. Comr. 5th Div 6th Sub Dist Va
Heathsville Nover. 25th 1867.

Bvt. Brig Genl. O Brown.
Asst Comr. Bur R.F. & A.L.
State of Virginia

General,
In compliance with instructions contained in Cir No "6" dated Hd Qrs Asst Comr. Bur R F & A L. Richmond Va. Jany 29th 1866. I have the honor to report. That the feeling existing between the Whites and Blacks in this Division is not as cordial as it has been for some months past. There seems to be a growing feeling of distrust between them, and a suspicion of each other, that is in my opinion calculated to work  serious injury to the prosperity of this section of the country.  No laborers have been discharged from the plantations for exercising the right of voting at the recent election. It is probable that many of them would have been discharged, had the supply of labor been more abundant. Many of the Freedmen are buying small Farms, and with ordinary success, will soon be in a position to assist their poorer neighbors. and to sustain their own schools & teachers. everything however depends upon the manner in which

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