Said he, "In slavery time we work _even_ wid de whip, now we work 'till better--_what tink we will do when we free?
Won't_ we work den, _when we get paid_ ?" He appealed to us so earnestly, that we could not help acknowledging we were fully convinced.

However, in order to establish the point still more clearly, he stated some facts, such as the following: During slavery, it took six men to tend the coppers in boiling sugar, and it was thought that fewer could not possibly do the work; but now, since the boilers are paid for their extra time, the work is monopolized by _three_ men.

They _would not have any help_; they did all the work "_dat dey might get all de pay_." We sounded them thoroughly on their views of law and freedom.

We inquired whether they expected to be allowed to do as they pleased when they were free.

On this subject they spoke very rationally.