So you see, missus, Jimmy jes took and lay his left han' on a log, and chop it off wid de hatchet.

Den, you see, dey let him go, an' he come home.
You see, missus, my Jimmy is a free man: he was born free, an' he bought me, an' pay fifteen hundred dollars for me." It was true that Jim had purchased his wife; nor had he forgotten the fact, as was shown a day or two after, while in conversation with her.
The woman, like many of her sex, was an inveterate scold, and Jim had but one way to govern her tongue.

"Shet your mouf, madam, an' hole your tongue," said Jim, after his wife had scolded and sputtered away for some minutes.

"Shet your mouf dis minit, I say: you shan't stan' dar, an' talk ter me in dat way.

I bought you, an' paid my money fer you, an' I ain't a gwine ter let you sase me in dat way.