No matter whether he is white or black; if he performs manual labor for a livelihood, he is looked upon as being inferior to a slaveholder, and but little better off than the slave, who toils without wages under the lash.

It is true, that the slaveholder, and non-slaveholder, are living under the same laws in the same State.

But the one is rich, the other is poor; one is educated, the other is uneducated; one has houses, land and influence, the other has none.

This being the case, that class of the non-slaveholders would be glad to see slavery abolished, but they dare not speak it aloud.
There is much superstition among the slaves.

Many of them believe in what they call "conjuration," tricking, and witchcraft; and some of them pretend to understand the art, and say that by it they can prevent their masters from exercising their will over their slaves.
Such are often applied to by others, to give them power to prevent their masters from flogging them.