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There were many instances where they were given water in ~thich the crumbs and refuse from the masters table had been placed. They gathered around this food with gourds and muscle shells from the fresh..~water c~eeks and ate from

)~Cj~ this trough. Such a ~c~n4ition was very bad indeed. ~— ~ ~My mother was named Maggie Yellerday, and my father

was named Sani Yellerday. They belonged to Dr. ~Tonathan Yellerday, who owned a large plantation and over a hundred slaves. Hi~ plantation looked like a small town. ~e had ‚~/1 lacksmith shops, shoe shops, looms for weaving cloth, a

corn rnill~and a liquor distillery. There was a tar(~rard covering more than a quarter of an acre where he tanned the hides of animals to use in making shoes. There was a large bell they used to wake the slaves,in the morning, and to call them to their meals during the day. He had carriages and horses, stable men and carriage men.‘ The carriage master and his family rode in was called a coach by the slaves on the plantation. Hi~ house had eighteén rooms, a large hall)and four large porches. The house set in a large grove about one mile square and the . slave quarters ~ were arranged in rows at the back of master‘s great house. The nearest cabins were about one hundred yards from it.

“Dr . Jonathan Ye Ilerday looked after slaves~ health

- . and the food was fair, but the slaves were worked by over~

seers who made it hard for them, as he allowed them to