Almshouses and even that process weren't easy for instance the story of Zachariah Stallings. In Chapter eight we are shown why a lot of people were interested in Baltimore; that was because of slavery. Englishman William Blane observed, “One of the first things that attract a stranger’s attention is the greatly increased numbers of blacks he meets on the street.” And he also said that “Maryland, in which the city is built is a slave state.” (pg. 231). Because of the slavery challenges of scraping by became even harder as the city of Baltimore became more committed to free labor and
