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Àutobto~raphj of Richard Slaughter

	(Jlnn by himself n an oral account during an intarvien b.ta en b~W‘ ! ~ /~. and writer, December 27, 1936. ) Claude N. Anderson -~ Hampton, Virginia


~~‘J	ti~om. in, eon. Have a seat, who are you and how *nyo~t~y life? ~‚ Ch~ certatnly you don‘t want to hear tPttZ Weil, son, have you been

born a~in? Do you know Christ? ~eli, that‘s good. Qood for you. ~ t‘~f glad to hosr it~ Al~ays glad to t*ik to arty tiiiø Chtistian liver,
	4	God bless you,son.

.	‘PI ne born January 9, 1P49 on the James at a pjao o~U1ed Epp•s Island, Ctt~ ?otht. t ‘Vs*s born a elave~ )low old am t ~ ~1e1l, there ~s the

~	date. ount it up for yournlt, My owner‘s trim «as i)r. Ric~srd P,, F:ppe, I stayed there witi t I as around thirteen or four~en year. old when I
~ ~	cane to n~pton.

~	sti don‘t kr~w much about the meanness et slavery, There ne so

~	many degrees in slavery, and .1 belonged to ft very nies ssn. ~ Me never

~	sold but one man, fur‘s I can rener,isr, and that fltis cousin ~3en. :3o]4

~	him South. Tes1, wy irster was a nias old man, Ito ain‘t ltving now, Dr.

	?;ppe died nrid hie sort ‘~vrote r~e r~cy ~e. I ~crt it upstairs in a letter now.

~	01t happened this tefly. ~1&~Pthfl fl already burnt when I oame ~are.

~	I caine to ?»mpton in JUflØ l‘~62. The tankees burned Hampton and the ftec~t I went up the Jatte River. My father and nether and cousine went aboard

the MeritaS ~Ith me, You tee, my father and three or tour men left in the darkness first and got aboard, The ~ ga boats would tire on the towni aM plantations and run tin white folks oft. After that they would carry ail the colored folks ** down he‘. to Old Point and put ‘sis behind the Union line5, I know the names at ait Us gunboats t?4t came up the tint. tenir, There ne the Galets1 we stied her the old cheese boa, the Dstnrs, the Tankes~ the Wo*er, and the Meritaras which was the ship t ne board of, Thnt ass year the Merrisi~ïS Monitor taught ott