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for colored labor is so disregarded by whites and the provisions of the Act of the General Assemby of Va, in this matter is so much evaded that I find but few Freedpeople in this Division working under written contract thus the dishonest employer has a better opportunity to take advantage of the uneducated Freedmen.

Very Respectfully
Your Obdt. Servant
Benj. C. Cook
Bvt. Capt and A.S.A.C.

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