"In the nigger quarters there were nothing but log houses. I don't
remember any house other than a log house. They'd just go out in the
woods and get logs and put up a log house. Put dirt and mud or clay in
the cracks to seal it. Notch the logs in the end to hitch them at
corners. Nailed planks at the end of the logs to make a door frame.
"My people all ate and cooked and lived in the same room. Some of the
slaves had dirt floors and some of them had plank floors.
"Food was kept in the house in a sort of box or chest, built in the wall
sometimes. Mostly it was kept on the table.
"In cooking they had a round oven made like a pot only the bottom would
be flat. It had an iron top. The oven was a bought oven. It was shaped
like a barrel. The top lifted up. Coal was placed under the oven and a
little on top.