Henry Bland, ex-slave	2, ~J




r~uired to Dick. The usuel amoimt of cotton ~oti p.raon wac r~uire4 to pick ~s 2~)Q lbs. ~r day. I :o*.v~r ‚ whsri this az~t*nt was not picked by s~e tAey were not M1fl18h~ by the overa~r, 63 wS8 the s ass on neighboring plantations, belause ~. ~~oxton

r~1iz‘d tti~t t some could do more work ttan ot~‘erS. Mr. Coxton often told ~ts o~era.« t~t tie bLid not been hired to whip the slaves, but to t~sZi th~ how to iœ‘k.

	..~ayo Mr. Blaud: “Our working hours mere the ~ ai on any other plantation. ~• ~j tT) ~€-t ~ every inornin~ befo~e sun~.up and when it w~e good and light we were In the field. j~ bugle ~ae blown to wake u.“ i~ll the elayes stayed in the tield until ~ ;»~‘t~ f 1(!ving the field they were never r•~iireci to cAo any ~irk but could apend their tj::c ~ tt~ y •a~ f‘jt to. No vii~k wee required on ~.sturday or ~unday with the exception ~ the atoak had to be oared for. i~esidee these ~ye w~ien no work wac rc~ ired, there ~a3 t~~Le 4th of July and Chriatane on «hich the al~eø wre prr~itted to do a. they

‘~1e~sed. Ttiee two latter dates were ueuall~ epont in true holiday spirit ~ e the aaeter u8~I~1ly ~ a bi~ fetet in the foin ot a barbaus and allowed tt~ to invite t~i,ir fr1emdi~.

	t~en darknees came t:.ey eang and dz~nosd and this ~a wi*t they etui a “frolio.~

~8 a ~nere1 r~le this w~me thing ise psr~itted aftcr the crops had bein gathered.

•~À~31~ for these occ~eions w~a f~nihed by violin, ~njoend a cuikppin~ of I~ndi.

~4,$ -~~ia~ saye tl*t he used to tisip furnish tXiie music as ~r. ozton had btx~ght hia a

VI c~lin.

	S-fl the Coxton plantation ail sieves al~eye tad a •utticient aa~ount of clothing. 7::c~e clotbea which were issued w~n needed and not at any certain tia. included ~rt1ci.:;8 for Sunday war &ia W•Lt as artlalea for WOrk. Those aervants wkx~ warked


Ir~ t~ ~‘big houes“ wore ~ireotioally the ~i1fl olothee as the n~st~r and hie .ir.

~	t:e ~osaib1e exoention tr~8t it ast the ciuslifisation of beir~g socond.haz~ed.

~	i~:~.k1e Of work clothing included a he~vy pafr of wœ‘k ehoee called bro~ns,

HŒ~33.~\tm e4rte a ai a pair of j.t~ panta. A pair of knitted a~k ~ae also included.