But I cannot forbear adding that the report from the Commissioners on Freedmen, appointed by the Secretary of War, accumulates ample testimony on this head, all showing that the freedmen are anxious to find employment.
Sumner cites a report indicating the eagerness of freedmen to find work after emancipation.
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