sentences:  Washington provided them with good, sometimes costly medical carewhen a slave named Cupid fell ill with pleurisy, Washington had him taken to the main house where he could be better cared for and personally checked on him throughout the day.The paternal concern for the welfare of his slaves was mixed with an economic consideration for the lost productivity arising from sickness and death among the labor force.At Mansion House Farm, most slaves were housed in a two-story frame building known as the "Quarters for Families".