Me trabel a good deal, and me tink dat no working people in de world are so merry and happy as de slabe in a plantation wid a good massa and missy.

Dey not work so hard as de white man.

Dey have plenty to eat and drink, dey hab deir gardens and deir fowls.

When dey are sick dey are taken care ob, when dey are ole they are looked after and hab nothing to do.

I have heard people talk a lot of nonsense about de hard life of de plantation slabe.