They did all kinds of work in the fields.
15. If they worked in the house or about the place, what sort of work did they do?
I was house maid and did everything they told me to do. Sometimes I'd sweep and work around all the time.
16. Do you remember ever helping tan and cure hides and pig hides?
This was done on the plantation. I took no part in it.
17. As a young person what sort of work did you do? If you helped your mother around the house or cut firewood or swept the yard, say so.
I helped do the housework and did what the mistress told me do.
18. When you were a child do you remember how people wove cloth, or spun thread, or picked out cotton seed, or weighed cotton or what sort of bag was used on the cotton bales?
No.
19. Do you remember what sort of soap they used? How did they get the lye for making the soap?