miss brownlee is isabelle brownlee, who married james when she was about 14. she came here when she was about 16 years old. so she was a young bride. she was away from home, far, far away from home, and was hoim sick and very unhappy and she was a bit sickly as well. so robert brownlee speaks of tabby, her slave, very briefly in his memoir. he says isabelle took her passions out on tabby. we don't know what that means, except she was treated badly and robert brownlee noticed it. we are walking through the breezeway. in 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 dining room table and bring it out here to have their meals. this is the parlor. this is where if mrs. brownlee would be inclined to do entertaining, this where she would have done it. 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