Nineteenth Century Life in these Houses: Bell

Bell

Figure 23: Bell

This bell bears the date 1886. Even after emancipation, a bell was rung before sunrise, and the people kept on working from daylight to dark. Waiters said that it was not necessary to ring a bell in the evening because everyone knew to work until dark. Waiters said that this little bell hung in the back yard of the Gregg/Wallace home. It was used to call the overseer. The big bell that called the workers was at the mule lot and it could be heard for two miles. (Photo 1994)

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