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not work ; therefore he has not equal right : 

 overseer does not work; he has no right to 

 eat as we do." They all have a very great 

 respect for the Deity : and you cannot give 

 them so great a pleasure as to say at part- 

 ing with them, " May God bless you 1" 

 in a fervent manner. They will from that 

 expression take off their hats, and in a very 

 solemn manner say, '' Thank you, massa! — I 

 thank you, massa ! I thank you more for 

 that than if you had given me a dollar." 

 But though they have so great a veneration 

 for their Maker, all the negroes that I 

 employed were the greatest cheats I ever 

 saw. They are good marketmen ; and the 

 cause why they can sell more, and fre- 

 quently at a higher price, than a white 

 man, is this : — in the towns and cities 

 In America, the gentlemen and mer- 

 chants have negro servants ; and as the 

 markets are so early in the morning, they 

 are sent to make purchases : and those ne- 

 groes resort together: and from that cir- 

 cumstance, the black servant or marketman 



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