Julia and the other children spent much of their time playing outdoors. There was much to do and explore on a large farm with forests, fields, streams and wildlife of all kind. Julia remembered fondly when she and her enslaved playmates would go down to the creek and catch minnows with pin hooks.
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Julia would later write of her experiences with her enslaved playmates, "we always had a dusky train of eight to ten little colored girls of all hues, and these little colored girls were allowed to accompany us if they were very neat." Julia also recounts in her story that while she would catch the minnows, she "required these little maids to each carry a bucket to bring home my captives."
When they were old enough, Julia and her brothers and sisters were able to go to school. While Julia and her brothers and sisters went to school her enslaved playmates were forbidden by law to go to school or to learn to read and write.
Julia remembers coming home to White Haven after being away at school and remarking on the changes in her former playmates. "my dusky train (enslaved playmates) …were now much grown having the dignity of white aprons and with gay bandannas bound around their heads..."