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| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | T. Pat Matthews |
| No. Words: | 1060 |
| Subject: | ROBERTA MANSON |
| Person Interviewed: | Roberta Manson |
| Editor: | G.L. Andrews |
ROBERTA MANSON
317 N. Haywood Street, Raleigh, N.C. Age 74.
"I wus borned de second year of de war an' de mos' I know 'bout slavery wus tole to me by other colored folks. My marster wus Weldon Edwards and my missus wus Missus Lucy. The plantation wus in Warren County near Ridgeway. My father wus named Lanis Edwards and my mother wus named Ellen Edwards. They both 'longed to Weldon Edwards. Father and mother said he wus mighty rough to 'em. I heard my mother say dat marster whupped father so bad dat she had to grease his back to git his shirt off.
"Marster allowed de overseers to whup de slaves. De overseers wus named Caesar Norfeir, Jim Trissel, and David Porter.