vated and caused very deep problems between the Master and his slaves. Slavery established the basis of the planter's position and power. It measured his affluence, marked his status, "and supplied leisure for social graces and aristocratic duties." The road of power in the South lay through the plantation and the Master would see to it that his or her plantation be the best. Great planters held enormous power in the southern colonies, they spent much of their free time in leisure, educational pursuits, and participation in public life; George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both were within this group of people. Most planters were also very active entrepreneurs, who would engage in quick profit type situations, which would help, them make more money on top of the plantation profits made for them by their slaves. Although their main means of money and profit was the forced labor unit of slavery on the plantations, these other quick scheme ideas forced planters into believing that slave holding was more
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