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~.	Bert Mayfi eid was bo rn In Garr~rd County ‚ May 29 ‚ 1852, two:

miles south of~ Bryantsville on smitla Stones place.	His father and

: mother were Fed and ~ati1da Stone Mayfield, who were slaves of ~

Smith Stone who came from Virginia. His brothers were John, Harrison, Jerry, îiid Laurence, who died at an early age. ~ ~ ~ ~

	He lived on a large plantation with a l&rge old fain house, built of logs and weatherboards, painted white. There were four :

rooms on the first floor, end there were also finished rooms on the second floor. An attic contained most of the clothes needed for the slaves.“Uncle Bert“ in his own language says, “On Christhas each of . u s stood in line to get our C lothe s ; we were measured with a string which was made by a e obbler . The material had been woben by the::

slave s in a plantation shop . The flax and hemp were raised on the: :~ plantation. The younger slaves had to “swingle it“ with a wooden în.~ stn~inent, soniewhat Uke a sword, ~bouf two feet long, Łnd c&lled a sv~ingler. The hemp wa~ hackled by the older slcves. The hacklewas an instrument made Of iron teeth, about four inches long, one-Mif inch apart ad set ma a wooden plank or~~ and one-.half feet long, which was set on a heavy bench. The hemp stalks were laid on these benches and hackled herds were then pulled through and heaped in piles and taken to the- work shop s where it was twi sted and ted ~then woven ‚ ac cording to the needs. Ropes, carpets, and clothing were made from this fIber.

	“Our cabins were usually one room with a loft above which we reached by a ladder. Our beds were trundle beds with wheels on them to push them under the big beds. We slept on straw ticks covered with