Because I had seven sisters while I was there and seven more after I left, but I never did see part of htem little ones. That's all I remember. We eat fish, greens potatoes, sow belly and corn pone mostly, but sometimes in winter we get some fresh beef when they have a neighborhood killing. Everybody go to the field about seven o'clock when the big bell ring, and com ein late by the same bell. Young slaves that too little for the field work in the Mistress garden, and we get so much for each family to take home from the garden.
Old negroes make our clothes from homespoun cotton, and some mixed wool in cold eather.
I had one long shirt that had give different colors in the stripes. We wear them logn shirts when we was little boys, without any pants in the summer. Old Master Clay was good to my folks, and kept on laugning at Mammy on account of so many girl babies. She never quit work but three days on account of a baby, and when she got back in the field she carry the baby in a red blanket tied to her back. When it git hungry she just slip it arounin front and feed it and go right on picking or hoeing while it have its ninnny.