(Stories from ex—slaves)
RICHARD MACKS ‚ Ex- 8 lave


	Reference:- Personal Interview with Richard Macks, ex-slave, at his home, 541 W. Bid.dle St., Baltimore,


	III	was born In Charle8 County in Southern Maryland in the ‚~year of 1844. My father‘s name was William (Bill) and Mother‘s

~	Mack, both of whom were born and reared in Charles County ~î, ~ Booth took refuge in after the assassi/‘~nation of President Lincoln in 1865. 1 had one sister named Jenny

and no brothers: let me say right here it was God‘s blessing I did not • Near Bryantown, a county ce~er prior to the C ivil War as a market l‘or tobacco, grain and market for slaves.

	“In Bryantown there were several stores, two or three taverns or inns which were well known in their days for their hospitality to the ir gue sts and arrangements to house slave s • There were two iflfls both of which had long sheds, strongly built with cells downstairs for men and a large room above for women. At night the slave traders

~	would bring their charges to the inns, pay for their meals, which were served on a long table in the shed, then afterWards, they were locked up for the night,

.	“•~I live d wi th my mo ther ‚ father and s i s ter in a 1 og cabin

~	built of log and mud, having two rooms one with a dirt floor and

the other above, each room having two windows, but no glass. On a

large farm or plantation Öwned by an old.	maid by~ the name of Sall7

McPherson on McPherson Farm.	~

~‚.	“As a small bo~y and later on, until I was emancip~tèd, I



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