On  the  night  of  the  eleventh  of  May,  a  freedman  named
Alfred  was  taken  from  his  bed  by  his  master  and  others  and
was  hung,  and  his  body  still  hangs  to  the  limb.
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About  the  middle  of  June,  two  colored  soldiers  (at  a  house
in  Washington  county)  showed  their  papers  and  were  per-
mitted to  remain  all  night.  In  the  morning  the  planter  called
them  out  and  shot  one  dead,  wounded  the  other,  and  then
with  the  assistance  of  his  brother  (arid  their  negro  dogs)  they
pursued  the  one  who  had  escaped.  He  ran  about  three  miles
and  found  a  refuge  in  a  white  man's  house,  who  informed  the
pursuers  that  he  had  passed.  The  soldier  was  finally  got  across
the  river,  but  has  not  been  heard  of  since.
At  Bladen  Springs,  (or  rather,  six  miles  from  there)  a
freedman  was  chained  to  a  pine  tree  and  burned  to  death.
About  two  weeks  after,  and  fifteen  miles  from  Bladen,  an-
other freedman  was  burned  to  death.
In  the  latter  part  of  May,  fifteen  miles  south  of  Bladen,
a  freedman  was  shot  outside  of  the  planter's  premises  and  the
body  dragged  into  the  stable,  to  make  it  appear  he  had  shot
him  in  the  act  of  stealing.
About  the  first  of  June,  six  miles  west  of  Bladen,  a  freed-
man was  hung.     His  body  is  still  hanging.
About  the  last  of  May,  three  freedmen  were  coming  down
the  Bigbee  river  in  a  skiff,  when  two  of  them  were  shot;  the
other  escaped  to  the  other  shore.  ..
