South Carolina Freedman to the South Carolina Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioner

Wadmelaw Islan^d SC  Dec 8^th 1865

Deare sir   Wrote You these few line in refernce to this Island   sir on Friday last Jim Joe & Ben Whaly was Reseave on this Island by Mr Towls¹ and says that tha have tranpatation From You to visit the Island and wrote to lett You Know becase I Treat them verry hatch in deed and Mr towles insault me for them and after I Would Persue on them then Mr Towls say to me a gen that tha is right on the Island becase tha have Tranpatation from You to Come on the Island   and after I would Persue on them mr Towls say to me agen that tha did not have now Pass but tha did not Come to see me tha Come to see Mr Evings   and sir I wrote this to give You sertifaction if you did send them on the Island and if you Did not give then Privlege to Com do anseer so   This is the Idea of the Peopels of the Island not to work For there Fermer owners but by the land of the President and if the Goverment Cant sell aus land and cant Conpell the Origanal owers to sell some of there lands do wish you to incorage the Goverment to take aus out the state aldo we would of Perfur living in south but Rather than live as slaves agen to leave the state   we haven now Comittee on the Island to see Justas but the Comittees of Edisto Prommis to be here on Tharsdy to Point a Comittee   Youre hone servant

Shadrack Seabrook