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as well 88 any man. He also says that his work was very easy in the spring. He d.ropped. peas into the sof~t earth between the eornstalks, and. planted. them with his heel. Cotton, wheat, corn, and~ all kin4s of vegetables mad.e u~p the crops. A special group of women did. the carding and. spinning, and~ made the cloth on two looms. All garments were made froa this homesp~in cloth. Dyes frôm roots and. berries were ased to prod~aoe the various colors. Red. elm berries and. a certain tree bark made one kind. of dye.

	Besid.es acting as midwife, Green‘s grand~motk~r Betsy Willis, was also a skilled. seamstress and. able to shOw the other women different points in the art of sewing. Shoes were given to the slaves as often as tkey were needed. Green‘s step—father was afflicted and could not help with the work in the field. Since he was a skilled shoe maker his job was to make shoes in the winter. In sammer ‚ however ‚ he was re q~ui red. t o ai t in the large garden ringing a bell to stare away the birds.
•‚~r~~ Col. Willis was a very kind ~n, who would. not tolerate

j cruel treatment to any of his slaves by	. If a si ave ri— ported that he had. been whipped for no reason and. showed soar. on his body as proof, the overseer was discharged. On the Willis Plantation were 2 colored men known as ItNiggar Drivers.“ Ons particularly, known as 9lzicle Jarrett,“ was very mean and enjoyed exeeedingtbeauthority given by the master. Green remarked, “1 was the master‘s pet. He ~ver we anyone to whip me end. he didn‘t whip me himself. He was 7-ft. 9 in. tail and. often as I walked with him, he would. ask, ‘Isaiah, do you. love your old maater?t Of course I would answer,yea, for I did love hiii.~

--~ . Col. Willis did not allow the “patt•rrollers“ to inter— fere with any of his slaves. He ~vsr gave them passes, •~* if an~ were caua±it oat without one the ate~rm1Thi‘~ were J~a1Ä