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civil nature and arise from an unwillingness on the part of some of the whites to deal honestly with colored labor. It is no wonder that Freedmen in the rural districts are indifferent about securing employment; what advantages or what inducements are offered them by the whites; If work at all they are compelled to do so for a paltry sum barely sufficient to sustain life and even then risk the possibility of being discharged penniless by an unfair settlement. No white laborer can be found who is willing to submit without murmur or redress to one half the wrongs now inflicted on the colored race by a large class of whites. Where the farmer can be found who deals honorably with his colored laborer no trouble is encountered by him in securing any number of hands, and no complaints are heard from such farmers charging the Freedmen with an unwillingness to work. 
   
I will call your attention to the 

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