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TOM RANDALL. Ex-slave



Reference:	Personal interview with Tcm Randall at his hcine, Oella, Md.


	“I was born in Ellioott City, Hoi~ard County, Maryland, in 1856, in a shack on a small street now known as New Cut Roads— the naine then, I do not know. My nith‘ s name was Jul ia Bacon. Why my name was Randall I do not know, but poss ibly a mø~n by the naznö of Randall was my father . I have never known nor seen n~r father. Mother was the cook at the Boward ffouse ; she was pemiitbed to keep me with her. !VVhen I could remember things, I reia~mber eating out of the skillets, pots and pans ‚ after she had fried chicken, gerne or baked in theza, ai~YS leaving something for me. When I grew larger and older I can recall how i: used to carry wood int~~ kitchen, empty the rinds of potatoes, the leaves of cabbages and the leaves and tops of other plants .

	“There was a colored n~n by the r~ii~ of Joe Nick, called Old Nick b~ a great many white people of the city. Joe was owned by Rneben Rogers, a lawyer and farmer of Howard County. The farm was situated about 2~ miles on a road that is the extension of Main Street, the 1 oeding street öf Eli icott City. They never called me any-thing but Tomy or Randy, other people told me that Thomas Randall, a merchant of El licott City~,was m~r father .

	~	“Mother was owned by a man by the naxz~ of O‘Brien, a saloon or tavern keeper of the town. He conducted a saloon in Ellicott City for a long timne until he became. manager, or operator, of the Howard House of Ellioott City, a larger hotel and tavern in the city. Mother was. a fine cook, especially of fowl and game . ~ . The floward House was the gathering place of the farmers ‚ lawyers ax~d bust.‘ ness men ~ of Howard ~ and Frederick Counties and people of Baltimore ith.ö had business in the ‚ eOUX!tS Of H~WS rd Couxvty and ..peopie of western Marylau4 on their way to Baltinore. ~ ~ ~ O .~ ~ ~ . .
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