This page intended to explain how to best manage a slave:

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Translation:

11 July 1857 - Subject - Management of Negroes

Father said fairness, justness and moderation in all things were the fundamental requisites. Inspire a negro with perfect confidence in you, learn him to look to you for support and he is your slave. A full belly quells dissension and rebellion, but too full a one breeds inordinate laziness. So in clothing give sufficient to protect from weather but give neither of too fine stuff, nor too abundant. Never work a negro systematically all he can do. Leave a reserve for emergencies. Their religious training must be of the most moderate sort, avoiding all excitement. Persuasion should substitute severe punishment in getting work done as much as possible.

Taken from James Henry Hammond's "Plantation Books, 1832-1858" c/o Library of Congress Manuscript Division.