isabelle 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 in 1848, and they left in 1852. the house was sold in 1852. isabelle felt isolated here, and she returned to scotland while her husband james went to california. a few yards away is where she would have had her own bedroom, and would have done most of her work for the family. this is where she would have her own bedroom and would have done most of her work for the family. she was responsible for the laundry. she would have been responsible for cooking all of the meals. she would have tended the garden. she was the only slave of the brownlee family, so she would have been responsible for maintaining the household all together. >> this is the work area of the kitchen. everything in here is actually reproduction, although it's authentic 1840s, 1850s furniture. a typical day is getting up in the morning and begins cooking a morning meal. her cooking of the big meal of th

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 arrived in 1848 and they left in 1852. the house was sold in 1852. isabel felt isolated here and she returned to scotland while her husband james went to california. so a few yards away from the brownlee house is one of the outbuilding. this is the brownlee kitchen. this is where tabi would have h