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	Interviewer	Miss Irene Robertson

Person	Interviewed    Charlie Gadaon,~Brink1ey,Arkaxisaa

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	“I wa8 born in Barnwell County, &uth Carolina, My parents‘ name was lane GadSOfl, Aaron Gadson. My mother master was Mr. Owens. That is all I ever knowed bout him. My father‘s master was Rivers and Harley Gadson,

	“They said they was to get somethingbut they moved on. At the ending of that war the President of the United States got killed. They wouldn‘t knowed they was free ii~ they thi‘ t made some change. I ‘ t know what made them th ink they would get something at freedom less somebody told them they would, .

	“I work at the oil mill and at sawmiliing. I been fannin‘ mostly since I been here, I got kidney trouble and rheumatism till I ain‘t no count. I own a house and lot in Brinkley.“