They were called Federalists. Pretty much Democrats in the 1800's
Subsistence crops are grown for the direct benefit of the farmer and their family. Cash crops are grown to deliberately be sold. ... Cotton makes a poor subsistence crop because you can't eat it and it has to be processed before it's useful (ginned, spun and woven)
They tell us they had an affinity for keeping track of time this means they probably had stuff they wanted or needed to do.
Desire to bring their values to other people. Some believed mother races were inferior and had to be "Americanized".