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| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | T. Pat Matthews |
| No. Words: | 976 |
| Subject: | ADDY GILL |
| Story Teller: | Addy Gill |
| Editor: | G. L. Andrews |
| Date Stamp: | "SEP 10 1937" |
ADDY GILL
1614 "B" St. Lincoln Park Raleigh, North Carolina.
I am seventy four years of age. I wus born a slave Jan. 6, 1863 on a plantation near Millburnie, Wake County, owned by Major Wilder, who hired my father's time. His wife wus named Sarah Wilder. I don't know anything 'bout slavery 'cept what wus tole me by father and mother but I do know that if it had not been for what de southern white folks done for us niggers we'd have perished to death. De north turned us out wid out anything to make a livin' wid.
My father wus David Gill and, my mother wus Emily Gill. My father wus a blacksmith an he moved from place to place where dey hired his time. Dats why I wus born on Major Wilders place. Marster Gill who owned us hired father to Major Wilder and mother moved wid him. For a longtime atter de war, nine years, we stayed on wid Major Wilder, de place we wus at when dey set us free.