Startling revelations from the Department of South Carolina, and expose of the so called National Freedmen's Relief Association

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Knox reports first-hand on corruption, profiteering, and abuse in the relief effort, employment, etc., of freed slaves in Union territory in South Carolina during the Civil War by federal army officers. His report is followed by newspaper exchanges between Knox and his detractors over the issue.