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Military / released the ) evening stayed all night, says the Military turned out the
Negroes / prisoners ) School Negroes that had been put in Jail for there improper
out of Jail ) conduct by the Civil authority. They were put in Jail 26 June
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July 4th ) All the blacks have stopt work & gone to Town No work of
Tues ) any sort going on. William & Thos. has gone to J. W. B. Thomas
Wm & Thos ) very early to go a fox hunting. I stayed at home until after
Jack ) dinner Jack Porter got drunk in Town and cut up generally
fought his way into the gard house. I went to Town got him
payroled to the next day 10 oclock at which time he was released
Marshals ) There was a greate Negro procession White Martials & Genls
making speeches to the pure & emacalate Ethaopa. God save the
King. I mean the dilapiated Constitution, States, & Fedrels.
Negroes ) There was upon the whole a verry well behaved & powerful
concourse of Negroes that deserves credit for there good
behavour tho I cannot speak so well of the soldiers who beat
many of them verry unmercifully tho they took it without a
Murmur for better & for worse.
July 5th / Wed ) I went to Town in my bugga Thos L. with me Came back at 4
oclock him & William went to Websters B. B. in the evening
there was nothing new, through the day, that took place
A Negro & a White man fought are B. B. Negro with a stick The
White with a pistol the Negro was shot 4 times & died in a few
hours. The White man was brused up some but not hurt, seriously