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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