Take us generally as a people, we are neither lazy nor idle; and considering how little we have to excite or stimulate us,
This reminds me of things I've read in other papers and journals for this class where the white people talked about their slaves and said that they don't have any good talents, even thought they wouldn't have time to cultivate many talents outside of their work. Or they chastised them for enjoying simple things when they weren't working. I remember one text, it might have been from Jefferson, where he said that the slaves dident need much sleep because they stayed up late after work to do something fun. It is a dammed if they do and dammed if they don't type of thing with anything they would do.