The scenario is an explanation by the concept of egalitarian
families. The egalitarian family is a type of family arrangement in which the
power in the family could either be less or more shared or equally by both of
the husband and the wife.
They wanted to find the fountain of youth
Democrats probably feared an alliance between poor white men and African Americans because they felt that the poor whites and African Americans would work together to replace the system of government that was currently in place, which would result in taking government jobs away from those already in a governmnet position.
Answer: Gentry or the upper class. Usually landowners and wealthy merchants.