A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868
CHAPTER LI.—FREE LABOR IN MISSISSIPPI.
Laborers defrauded of their Hire.—“Honesty” of a Planter.—Northern and Southern Master.—Freedmen and Planters.—Furnishing Supplies.—Slave Labor on Mr. P——’s Plantation.—Overseers and Negroes.—Change at Christmas. 362