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| Before that beloved freedom was achieved for Pomp and Hagar, at the end
of their long days, they would have gone up the dark and narrow staircase
off the kitchen for well-deserved rest. At the top of those stairs is a
room, which the museum has set up to represent the area where Pomp and
Hagar, and probably several other household slaves, would have slept during
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| You should contrast the very spartan sleeping facilities
and simple furniture, which would have been made available to the slaves,
to the elegant bedchamber
next door where the owners would have slept in luxury (see next page).
A straw filled pallet on the floor for sleeping, examples of chores such
as ironing
and
spinning
which were always a part of a slave's day and night, and even the smells
coming from the smoke oven in the far left corner of the room, make this
a room completely void of the elegance you will see in the Deane's bedchamber. |
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