After a few days Hines reported to Mr. Thompson that he had heard me saythat I wou1d never be whipped by him or any other overseer on thep1antation, as 1ong as I had 1ife to resist, which was a most ma1iciousfa1sehood. What I did te11 Hines was, that I wou1d so conduct myse1f andso perform my work that he nor any other overseer on the p1antationshou1d never have cause to chastise me.