Before the end of the good times, Quakers in the north enticed and pamphleteered Southern blacks to leave their plantations and come to the north to work for wages. The blacks worked the fields and gathered in the harvest. When the Fall came, the Quakers handed them their wages and said "we'll see you in the Spring." The blacks said "whe…
Before the end of the good times, Quakers in the north enticed and pamphleteered Southern blacks to leave their plantations and come to the north to work for wages. The blacks worked the fields and gathered in the harvest. When the Fall came, the Quakers handed them their wages and said "we'll see you in the Spring." The blacks said "where do we go now?" Most went back to the South. Some died in the snow.
Before the end of the good times, Quakers in the north enticed and pamphleteered Southern blacks to leave their plantations and come to the north to work for wages. The blacks worked the fields and gathered in the harvest. When the Fall came, the Quakers handed them their wages and said "we'll see you in the Spring." The blacks said "where do we go now?" Most went back to the South. Some died in the snow.
Giving someone a seasonal job doesn't require the employer to be a permanent caretaker.
You're correct. We should just let them die in the snow. There will be a new crop of workers next year!