Carnegie used his money to build libraries both in the U.S.
as well as other countries so that people would benefit from others in terms of
knowledge. He also helped establish
schools so that more people will have access to education.
The planter class were able to get small farmers to follow them given that they exercised a profound and disproportionate amount of social, economic, and political economic influence in southern society. Small farmer typically owns a few slaves. It was easy to convince the their interests were aligned