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 had her own bedroom and would have done most of her work for the brownlee family. she was responsible for the laundry. she would have been responsible for cooking all of the meals. she would have tended the garden and she likely was responsible for any work done in the smoke house as well. she was the only slave of the brownlee family. so tabi would have been responsible for maintaining the household altogether. this is the work area of the kitchen. everything in here is actually reproduction although it is authentic, 18