Robert Hunter (1825)

Born 1825 in North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Robert Hunter is a part of US Black heritage.

Robert was born in 1825.

Robert's daughter Rena Raines was interviewed about 1937 in North Carolina about her life and her time as an enslaved person.

"I wus three years ole when de Yankees come through. I do not 'member much 'bout slavery, but I knows a lot my mother tole me. My mother wus named Vicey Rogers an' my father wus named Bob Hunter. He 'longed ter de Hunters of Wake County an' mother longed ter Marster John Rogers. Her missus' name wus Ann Rogers. I 'members my grandfather on my mother's side but do not 'member any more of my grandparents.

"The plantation wus between Apex an' Holly Springs in Wake County. All my people lived in Wake County an' I wus born on de plantation."

"Mother an' father come ter Raleigh atter de surrender an' wus married right. Mother an' father lef' ole man Rogers as soon as dey wus free. Dey lived on hardtack an' pickled meats de Yankees give for sometimes den dey went an' stayed wid Mr. Gray Jones an' when I wus a great big girl we lef' an moved ter Chatham County. Pa bought a place, paid for it, built a little house on it an' lived dere until he died. I married in Chatham County an' lived dere till my husband died den I kept stayin' till all my children married off an' I come ter Raleigh ter live wid my son. I had four chilluns. Dey are all dead but de one I live wid."

Interview: Rena Raines was interviewed in Raleigh, North Carolina by T. Pat Matthews as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Rena Raines - Vol. 11, North Carolina, Part 2; pages 192-195, images 196-199 of 440.

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8Z-YZW : Tue Mar 05 08:19:03 UTC 2024), Entry for Robert Hunter and Vicey Hunter, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6N-9F4 : Sat Mar 09 16:07:10 UTC 2024), Entry for Robert Hunter and Vicey Hunter, 1880.