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circumstances no complaint can be made against the civil authorities for being unjust or persecuting freedmen I witness all trials where freedmen are implicated & find that their testimony is taken & used in the argument for defence & has its proper weight with the Court. The testimony of freedmen is accepted for whites as well as freedmen & no objection made the civil authorities I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt E.H. Ripley Asst Sub Asst Comr