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Chapter 31

           TheYankeesoldiersgarrisonedthroughoutthesectionandtheFreedmen’sBureauwereincompletecommandofeverythingandtheywerefixingtherulestosuitthemselves.

           ThisBureau,organizedbytheFederalgovernmenttotakecareoftheidleandexcitedex-slaves,wasdrawingthemfromtheplantationsintothevillagesandcitiesbythethousands.TheBureaufedthemwhiletheyloafedandpoisonedtheirmindsagainsttheirformerowners.Gerald’soldoverseer,JonasWilkerson,wasinchargeofthelocalBureau,andhisassistantwasHilton,CathleenCalvert’shusband.ThesetwoindustriouslyspreadtherumorthattheSouthernersandDemocratswerejustwaitingforagoodchancetoputthenegroesbackintoslaveryandthatthenegroes’onlyhopeofescapingthisfatewastheprotectiongiventhembytheBureauandtheRepublicanparty.

           WilkersonandHiltonfurthermoretoldthenegroestheywereasgoodasthewhitesineverywayandsoonwhiteandnegromarriageswouldbepermitted,soontheestatesoftheirformerownerswouldbedividedandeverynegrowouldbegivenfortyacresandamuleforhisown.Theykeptthenegroesstirredupwithtalesofcrueltyperpetratedbythewhitesand,inasectionlongfamedfortheaffectionaterelationsbetweenslavesandslaveowners,hateandsuspicionbegantogrow.

           TheBureauwasbackedupbythesoldiersandthemilitaryhadissuedmanyandconflictingordersgoverningtheconductoftheconquered.Itwaseasytogetarrested,evenforsnubbingtheofficialsoftheBureau.

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