Mather's idea of ​​education was similar to the "sabbath day", that is, a day set aside for teaching. Woolman's work focused not only on the education of slaves but also on the future of children. “If we had improved the gifts given to us so that our children could have an education suited to these doctrines, and our example to confirm it, we could rejoice in the hope that they would be heirs to a heritage incorruptible. » (Lauter 770) He wanted children not only to be educated in the necessary affairs of life, but also to have the opportunity to be great. Mather did not understand this concept of Woolman. He only believed that if they were "Christianized" he