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Tte ~‘Oi!1efl ~ z‘s horTae8Pt~4 drisses ~or their working clothes. Jfor ~unday w~r the n1~r1 ~ere given wr~ite cotton ar~irts and the t~sn ~tte cotton dresses. Ail clothing ~I$ ~id• on the r3zntatlon by those ~om•n w~o ware too 31d tor field ‘ork.

ifl the earns m‘~nner t•ti~t oiotbin~ was aufticisnt, ec ~ae food plentiful, At the

t~ O~ each v~esk each ftiaily ~&~a given 4 iba. of meat, I peck of meal, end sane

~	~eh pt~raon in a fa~dly ~ee allowed to rsi3o a ~i‘dsn and so they 1~td vegs~

t~bî~3 whenever they *1e~ied to. lU addition to thia they wsre allo*.d to zeiss

~	chickenS, to bunt and to fish. however, none of the food that ~ s aecured In any of

~	t.;~ ~ mentioned above coad be sold. ‘~icn ar~yone wiaht~d to hunt, ~r. esston

8U~p1ied the gun and the eliot.

	~lthough the elavea øookd for tAieiz~eelves, their brœkt~st and dinner wsrs u~a~1ly 3erit to then In the fields after it ~d been prepared In the oook nouas. T~iü re~taon for the ~as that they t~d to get up too avon in tAs morning, and a t noon too nuch time rould be lost it they were permitted to go to their cabins foe lunch1

	The c:ildren who were too young to pork in the field were oared for by some old Si!~~ve ~io likewies ~e unable to d~ field ~‘ork. The o~.il~.tren were usui~illy f.d pot 11c~uor, ooz,n bread, mi].~, ayrup, an~i vegetables. ~aoti one k~d his iodividm~l cup to (?~t rrom. The food on Sunday w~ia uaually no di~terent from taat of any oth r day of t.h~ week. However, ;~r. Bland aeya tt~t they nevor t~id to br~k in the einok~houee b~~r ~ of hunier.

‚ ~i~1 aGked to ~1eeoribe the living q~Jtrter3 of the alaves on his ~‘lantat1on he

~	l3~<~d around ~ie ro~~n anci mutt~red: “Dey ‘uz a lott bsttsi tk~an dia ~ ~oats

~	o: the cabine ~er~ ~de of logs and ~sorie Of ~ßuthierbO!rdß. The chinks in the vsUs

~	_~i•~ sealed with ou4. In eariie inatanoes boards wsre t~sed on the maids to keep ths

.~. tn.tr out. There wore uat~1lï t~o windi»i, enuttors beir~ uaed in the place of

~i (~o~ ~nes. Tn, ar.imney an~1 tirepl~ice wsre nnds of iiaid and stones. All cooking

~	done at the tiret~aoe as none of tt~czn were provided pith stoves. Iron cooking

~	ut~~3ile weise aeed. To boil food a oot 1~R5 hUflß OTt r ttte tire by z~oana of a hook.