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	A	GA13RIi~L G~ILB~EPT was bern in
	~	slavery en the p1antati~n ~f
	•~\;\	BeIiz~re Brsussard, in New
	 ‚: ~ ~	Iberia Parish, L,uisiana. He
	~	dees n~t kn~aw his ~e, but
	~	appears t~ be about eighty.
		He h~s lived In Beai~un.ant,
		Texas, i‘!! sixteen years.




“My •Id massa was Be1izar~4 Broussard. He was my in‘~m~~s rn~ssa.


He had a big 1~ house what he live in. De pI~.ces ~twe~n de 1~s was fill with dirt. Dc quarters de slaves live in was make eut ~f dirt. Dey put up pssties in de ~r.und arid bare holes 1n de posts and put in pickets toress from inc p.st t. the other. D~ dey build up de sides with nru.d.

De fl..r aad everything was dirt. Dey had ~ sdi.‘~ih~use built for de white chilien de same way. Dc cullud chilIen didn~t have n~ schesi.

	“Dem was w~trrn healthy h•usee us grew up in. Dey used t~ raise better men den in dem hiuses da~ new. My pa nwae was Joseph G~i1bert, He

.ld fl~~5S~ was .Belleau Prince.
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~ S	~I dtdntt kns~ what a et~re was when I was gr~win‘ up. Us didutt

have st•re things like niw. Us had w•den p~i and sp.sn dem times. I never se~ ne ir•n p].sw dem days. ~ was ir.n •n de p1gw ‚ cept de share.

I tel). dese y.Lin~sters,, tY.u in hebben nsw fr•m de time I came up.~ When

.	~ a ma~ die dem days., dey use de •x cart te carry de c•rpse.

“Massa have ~ b•ut four hundred acre s and. ]..t s •f sLqve s . He rai se ~ ~ ca*e0 He have ~‚ mill an4 mare br•wn sugar. Reralse csttn and. cirn, ‚ t..~ ~‚ ~ye~ p)~n~y st.c~ ~ de place. He~. give us plenty te e~t . He was ~‚. ..~ ~ ~ ~. ~ ~ ~ b~it:15~, Re treat he slaves like h~sse1f0 I never
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