fte rules of the 1~ia~ter. .

Children tattler~ kept Mr. Huff informed re~ardtn~ the haDpenin~s in the quarters, ~ut their silence could ~e ~ou~ht with a few shin plasters. Th1~ ‘~hush~ money and that made from .runnini errands were enou.~h to keep the children $u.pplied with sDendin~ change. Often, when their childish prattle had caused some adult to ~e punished, !trs. }tuif wo~ld keepThern in the ~ house for a ni~ht to escape thewrath of the offender.


All food \was raised on the plantation 3r~d cooked in the family kitchen. Every one had the same kind. of food ~nd the game caught or killed ~y the elder ~on~ was a delicacy relis~‘ed iy all. ~rhen the family meal was ~er~ed, a rni~chievous collection of ~lack

children would ~ometime~ crawl under ~he ta~l~ and meddle with each person seated there. Instead of iein~ sco‘ded, they would receive luscious mors~l~ from tI-~e hands of the diners. Mrs. Huff often lau~hin~‘.ly stnted that she knew not vfrich was. mor~ armoyin~
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“t1~e children or th~ c}~ickens, as neither ~- djsCiDli~~,“


?ro~aily ~ec~inse of th~ ~isence of maie ~la‘re~, no shoe-ix~ke~~ v~is maintained. Fco~vi~ar for th~. entire ~rou~ was purchased at ~tron~‘~ $höe Stare in Macon.

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3uDer~titiori was u.~ually a part of the life of a slaTe. ~Those

~eekin~ to esc~p~ from a cruel Master as~d to ru‘s turpentine on the soles of their feet to Drevent capture. Others collected qu.antitie2 of soil from a &raveyard and sprinkled lt in their tracts for a certain distance. Both of these preca~itions were used to throw the dota off scent. Refugee slates often found