What it does have is Samuel L. Jackson in a pinpoint performance as an unctuous old house slave who's more layered than he appears, and when Django, Schultz, and Candie are sitting around the parlor trying to outwit each other, the film achieves that QT hypnotic mood. (ew.com)
But I think my favorite performance of the entire film is Samuel Jackson as head house slave Stephen, hovering over DiCaprio, always wobbling and shaking, with the grey hair. (firstshowing.net)
While naturally dark - skinned slave women were left to work the fields, their children would receive preferential treatment, being brought into plantation homes to serve as house slaves. (bookbrowse.com)