Plantation Owner #2 Quotes in General Spanky (1936)

Plantation Owner #1: I was up in Washington awhile back and to hear 'em talk you'd think we treated our slaves something awful.

Plantation Owner #2: I'd like to see 'em find any discontented ones on my plantation!

Plantation Owner #1: They couldn't do it. On mine either! Why, my slaves get better food and shelter than most white men.

Plantation Owner #2: Its those runaways that cause all this war talk.

Plantation Owner #1: Sure it is. Slaves have to be kept in tow. Every slave has to have a master.

Plantation Owner #2: And any slave that doesn't have a master, ought to be shot.

Plantation Owner #1: Shootin's too good for 'em. They ought to be hamstrung for a week, for instance. By the way, how about that last shipment of cotton?