Report of the General Superintendent of Freedmen volume 2
Report of the General Superintendent of Freedmen volume 2
United States Army Dept of the Tennessee Gener
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Many of the women have obtained them ; but not being interfered with except on special complaints, as many more have neglected to do so. The DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE. 65 necessity of correct information in regard to the avocations of all, that the Superintendents may be enabled to check vagrancy and corruption, and the unduly crowding of any particular business, is too apparent, to one conversant with the life of these people in cities, to need comment. By reason of these deficiences any est...imate of the number of Freed- men, who enjoy the protection of this Supervision, by the number of pas- ses, is far below the actual census. Excepting at Helena the pass for the emploj^ee has been obtained by the employer, and has answered for the contract of hire. And, rightly, the acceptance of labor should ensure reasonable wages ; and while the conditions on which the labor of Freedmen may be obtained are accsssible to all, the pass would appear to be sufficient without greater formality. The only security of pay and suitable treatment, by either formal contract or pass, is the efficiency of this Supervision.
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