" Ex-slaves, in large part, shared a different economic vision. They were " always on the move," searching for family, denying their labor to " dishonest or oppressive employers," and asserting their independence through their mobility. Rather than staying in place, working as much as possible for a high a wage as possible, and thus possibly accumulating a greater array of material good, a large number of freedpeople sought not to maximize income but to minimize the amount of " time spent at work on other people's behalf. "