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azid dirt. In addition to the one door, there was a window at the back. Only one family could live in a cabin as the space was so limited. The furnishings of each cabin consis4~bf~ a bed and one or two chairs. The beds were well constructed, a great deal better than some of the beds the ex~s1ave sav~ during these days. Regarding mattresses she said, “We took some tick and stuffed it with dotton and corn husks, which had been tern into sraall pieces and when we get through~ewin~ it looked like a mattress that was bought in a store.tt

	Light was furnished by lightwood torches øfl(~ sometimes by the tallow c~tnd1es. The hot tallow was poured into a candle mold, which dipped into a pan of cold water, when the tallow had hardened, the product was removed.

	whenever there was sickness, a doctor was always called. As a Gussie was rather sickly, and. a doctor was always called to attend to In ac~dition to the dector‘s prescriptions there was heart leaf tea and remedy of garlic tea prepared by her ~andmother.

	If any 0±1 the slaves ever pretended s icimess to avol d work ‚ she knc;•~s nothing about lt.

	As a general rule, slaves were not permitted to learn to read.

~	or ~~ite ‚. but the younger Moore children tried to teach her to spell ‚ read, and ‘~Tite. ~hem she used to stand around Lbs. Moore when she was sewing \she appeared to be interested and so she was tau~ht to sew.

	.~ ~	Every 3unday afternoon they were all permitted to go to toisai where a colored pastor preached to them. This same minister performed all marriages after the candidates had secured the permission of the master.

	Ther~was only one time when Mr. Moore found it necessary to sell any of his . On tiil s occasion he had to sell two • he saw that they were sold to another kind master.

The whipping on most plant ati on were adinini sterd by~he ‚~eers and