 Gilman’s solution was that all blacks beneath "a certain grade of citizenship" — those who were not "decent, self-supporting, [and] progressive" — "should be taken hold of by the state.This proposed system, which Gilman called "enlistment" rather than "enslavement" would require the enforced labor of black Americans, "men, women and children".Gilman believed that those enlisted should receive a wage, but only after the cost of the labor program was met.