The assertion has been made that employers of freedmen in Hardeman have tyrannized over them and by threats so intimidated them that they dare not go to the Registration officer and apply for certificates. We pronounce the assertion a “slander and a lie.” By referring to the tabular statement in another portion of this paper it will be seen that the negroes have, so far, a majority of 126 in the county. Shame on the miscreant who so willfully wrongs the people of Hardeman.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 20 July 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.