brownlee is isabel brownlee who married james when she was about 14. she came here when she was about 16 years old. she was a young bride. she was away from home, far, far away from home, and was homesick and very unhappy, and she was a bit sickly, as well. so robert brownlee speaks of tabi, her slave, very briefly in his memoir, he says that isabel took her passions out on tabi. we don't know exactly what that means except that she was treated badly, and that robert brownlee noticed it. we are walking through what would be the breezeway. actually the summer this is the coolest part of the house. we open both doors and most of the family's time would be spent out here. they might take the dininging room table and bring it out here to have their meals. this is the parlor. this is where if mrs. brownlee had been inclined to do entertaining this is where she would have done. isabel brownlee was taken from her home when she was so young, she came to arkansas when she was still a teenager and had not been married to james brownlee for very long. they arrive