silks, velvets davelvets damask. all the people in the house reflected the people that actually lived in the house, the free people, so they did everything that you can think of, having to do with a nice fine house, whether it was serving the meal, taking care of the personal needs of the owner like grooming them, dressing them, taking care of them when they were sick. and because they took care of their personal needs they had to be on call. so they slept in the house so they could be close by if they were needed anytime of the day or evening. we say that if the folks in the house had family out here, when they got to see them depended on the owner, depended on the master and when they wanted to allow them that time to see them. so it could have been an hour a day. it could have been an hour a week. the masters decided when an enslaved person could leave. but in this domestic setting, enslaved people didn't get off in time to have a whole lot of time to themselves, because these owners still had to eat, they still h