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10  Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A Lands
Office Asst Sub Asst. Comr. 4th Div 6th S.D. Va
Warsaw May 27th 1868,

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 State of Virginia, Richmond, January 29th 1866, I have the honor to report. That the feeling existing between the Whites and Blacks of the Counties of Richmond and Westmoreland is by no means a friendly one. The Whites, irritated at their want of success in controlling the political ideas of the Freedman, have thrown off the mask of friendship, and are now endeavoring by threats of turning them off of their lands, and in some cases personal violence, to intimidate them sufficiently to keep them from the Polls. They are also circulating frightful stories in relation to secret organizations formed for the purpose of disposing by force
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