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Chapter 37

           Agedcountrydarkies,desertedbytheirchildren,bewilderedandpanicstrickeninthebustlingtown,satonthecurbsandcriedtotheladieswhopassed:"Mistis,pleaseMa’m,writemaholdMarsterdowninFayetteCountydatAh’suphyah.He’llcometekdisoleniggerhomeagin.‘Fo’Gawd,Ahdonegotnuffofdisfreedom!"

           TheFreedmen’sBureau,overwhelmedbythenumberswhopouredinuponthem,realizedtoolateapartofthemistakeandtriedtosendthembacktotheirformerowners.Theytoldthenegroesthatiftheywouldgoback,theywouldgoasfreeworkers,protectedbywrittencontractsspecifyingwagesbytheday.Theolddarkieswentbacktotheplantationsgladly,makingaheavierburdenthaneveronthepoverty-strickenplanterswhohadnotthehearttoturnthemout,buttheyoungonesremainedinAtlanta.Theydidnotwanttobeworkersofanykind,anywhere.Whyworkwhenthebellyisfull?

           Forthefirsttimeintheirlivesthenegroeswereabletogetallthewhiskytheymightwant.Inslavedays,itwassomethingtheynevertastedexceptatChristmas,wheneachonereceiveda"drap"alongwithhisgift.NowtheyhadnotonlytheBureauagitatorsandtheCarpetbaggersurgingthemon,buttheincitementofwhiskyaswell,andoutrageswereinevitable.Neitherlifenorpropertywassafefromthemandthewhitepeople,unprotectedbylaw,wereterrorized.

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