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in the cŒnxrnmlty. The grown people ~re heavy shoes called “Brogans“ while those worn by the children were not so heavy and were called “Pekers“ because of their narrow appe~ranoe • For Sunday wear ‚ ail had shoes bought tar this purpose. Mr. Moore‘s mother was a te.iloress and at times, when the men were able to get the necessary material, she made their suits.

	There was always enough feed for everybody on the Lioore plantation. Mrs . Moore once told. 3‘ 5 mother to always see that her chiiören had sufficient to eat so that they wou~not have to steal and would therefore grow up to be honorable. As the Gr~indmother did all of the cooking, none of the other servants ever had to cook, not even on Sundays • or other hou days such as t he Fourth of 3u1y. There was no et ove in this plantationkitchen, all the cooking was done at the large fireplace where there were a nui~ibor of hooks called potracks. The pets, in ‘~bich the cooking was done, hung from these hooks directly over the fire.

	The meals served during the week consisted of vegetables, sält bacon ‚ corn bread ‚ pot li quor ‚ and mi 1k. On Sunday they were served mi 1k ‚ bi. scuit s ‚ vegetables ‚ and sometime s chi eken. ~Tennie Kenth‘i oks ate all of her me als in the master ‚ s house and says that her food was even better. ~he was also permitted to go to the kitchen to get food at any

~	~ ~da .. y~~j~etimes when the boys went hunting everyone was
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A ~1ven roast ‘possum anö other suiall gatae. The two male slaves were often

~	permitted to acccmipany them but were notallowedtohandlethe guns. None ~ ~ of the slaves had individual g&rdens of their own. as food. sufficient for

their needs was raised In the master‘s garden.

~ .~ ~	The houses that they lived in were one~ro~ed structures made
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of heavy plank instead of logs, with planer‘floors. At one end of this

one-roomed c&1n there w~as a large chimney and fireplace macle of rocks, mud.,