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Everyone was overjoyed when the baby arrived but that happiness ended

shortly after Armand found out that the baby was black. From then on

it has been tough on everyone, especially us slaves who have to bear

the brunt of Armand's unhappiness and anger. He treats us very

severally, whipping us when we are slow at something or stopping our

food and making us sleep outside the house, if we do anything wrong.

It's like hell for us, all over again. He is now harsher than he has

ever been, even before his marriage. All of us slaves have to be very

careful.

One day, I was working in the house (that's where I usually work), I

was cleaning up the table after dinner when I accidentally dropped

some glasses on the floor, shattering them into tiny pieces. Master

Armand got very angry, he beat me with his whip, whipping my back

several times, leaving the marks. He then starved me for two whole

days and put me outside in the freezing cold, I had little on. This

became the typical treatment for so many of us slaves after the tragic

moment of Armand discovering his baby's race.

We had thought our lives had taken a fortunate turn when Master Armand

had first got married. He became so much nicer than he had ever been.

He stooped shouting at us, he treated us with respect and would make

sure that fresh food was prepared for us slaves, not the leftovers had

been accustomed to. He became a totally different man, one that we

began to like and respect. It's hard to believe now but we actually

enjoyed working for him back then. I had never seen Master Armand so

happy, both with us as well as his wife. We were all totally amazed,

he actually started to resemble his late father who had always been a

true gentleman, kind and considerate. I suspect that for that time

anyway, Armand's attitude had changed towards us blacks.

Armand and Desiree loved each other so much, he treated her with love

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