That's where all this started.
Now we're at a point where a man who owned 20 or 30 farms had a standard of living that was below that of a freed Negro in the north.
I have a suggestion for you .... in future, consider the source.
The "plantation" where he was born and raised was not the same one that he escaped from, so there's probably no inconsistency in what he said.
I would add, though, that the term "land rich, cash poor" still means something even today. I can show you a place not far from Calgary where an old couple still lives in an old home with no running water -- on a ranch that could probably fetch $10-$15 million dollars if it were sold tomorrow.