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no good. since freedom was the uppermost thotight in every one‘s head.	. On the Heard plantation as on a n~nber of othere, marriages were ~a~e ‚

by the rnasters 0fb the parties concerned.. Marriage licenses were unheard. ois. If both masters mutually cofleented, the marriage ceremony was considered. over with. After that the husband was given a pass . to visit his wife once a week. In the event children were born the naming of them was left entirely to the master. Parents were not. allowed to naine them.

	Health of slaves ias very important to every slave ~ owner for los8 ~ of life meant loss of money to them. Consequently they would eaU in their femil7 doctor, if a slave became seriously ill. In minor cases of illness home remedies were used. TMIn fact, ~ Mrs. Avery smilingly remarked, ~We used every thThg for medicine that grew in the gro~md.. ~ One particular home remedy was ~iown as 0Cow foot oils which ~ias made by boiling cow‘ s feet ‚in water. Other medicines used were hoarhound. tea, catnip tea, and castor oil. Very often medicinesand doctors failed to save life; and whenever a slave died he was buried the same day. • Mrs. Avery remarked, ‘If he died before dinner the funeral and burial usually took place immediately after dinner. ~

	Althoi~gh a very young child, Mrs. Avery remembers the frantic attempt slave owners made to hide their money; when, the war broke out. The following is a story related concerning the Heard family. !Mr. Heard, our master,went

o	the swamp ~ th~g a hole ‚ and hid his money, t1ez~ he and. hi s wife left for town on their horses. My oldest brother, Percy, saw their hiding place; and. when the Yanks came looking for the money, he carried them straight to the swamps and.

showed them where the money was hidden.) Although the Teard farm was in the country the highway was very iiear ath Mrs. Avery told of the long army of soldiers marching to La Grange singing the following son: “Rally around. the