hen the common, "white folk," never needed to use his or her own hands to accomplish what was needed (Hamilton, 102). If a person wanted to become richer, that person would simply just buy more slaves. It was seen upon as the more slaves you owned the more luxurious of a lifestyle you lived. Although the lower class still owned slaves, they of course could not buy as many as the upper class.
             Slavery was accepted in the south, and it was stressed that a black man working for a white men was part of everyday life. For that reason slavery was very popular and encouraged. Quakers in the south believed differently, they felt it was up to them to help out these poor slaves because who else would do it. "Many of the Quakers who settled in the south freed their slaves and set up schools for the. In addition they reasoned with their recalcitrant members who had become wealthy with slaves, and they attempted to provide compensation for the slave when he was freed and see that he was securely settled in his new wa
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