The wool was sheared from the sheep, and went through every
process needed to produce the linsey-woolsey garments of men and
women. The women were allowed to choose the colors of their dresses,
and the wool was dyed in accordance with their tastes. Two of these
dresses were allowed for a winter's wear, and each woman was furnished
with a new calico print for Sundays.

There were few local preachers among them at that time, but two were
noticeable during the childhood of the Carroll children, Ethan Howard
and Uncle Saul. And there was an Uncle Remus, too, in Fortune, the
coachman, who told the children the stories of Brer Rabbit and the
Tar-baby quite as effectively as the Uncle Remus of our popular
magazines.

The servants had their own rivalries and class distinctions. One
portion of the house servants prided themselves as being the old
servants--born on the place. Another group plumed themselves as having
come in with the "Mistis," and having seen outside regions and a wider
range of life. But all the house servants considered themselves vastly
superior to the field hands and treated them with condescension.

The house servants, though slaves, in fact, were absolute despots in
their own department. The Carroll children would not have dared to
touch a knife or a fork without the permission of the butler, and if
they had attempted to enter the cellar or the dairy without leave from
their respective guardians a revolutionary war would have been the
result.

Mammy, too, was the absolute ruler over every shoe and stocking, and
was expected under all circumstances to be responsible for every
article of the children's toilet.

The largest quarter devoted to the slaves was a great circular
structure, with a central hall surrounded by partitions, giving to
each field hand a separate sleeping berth. The hall in the center was
devoted to those who were old or unfitted for work, and here the young
children were deposited while their parents were pursuing their tasks,
and they were expected to wait upon the "Grannies" and be cared for in
return.

Behind this central apartment was one in which the food was prepared,
and there was a great hand-mill, where the corn was ground for the
daily use.

The children at the Hall were seldom allowed to enter these quarters,
but were occasionally granted permission to go there when delicacies
for the sick or new caps and dresses for the babies were furnished
from the Hall.

There we