[skerbow]

I have not been very lucky with the search either. I am guessing from the context that this is a quote from literature. The character speeking is either very young, or is of African American decent during the slave era. (I am not being racist, I am just going on basic literature of that time period.)

The sentence is stating that the main character is approving of the type of people Doc Steven and Amelia are. They might have kind hearts, servant spirits or simply disregard protocal and interact with a slave, where other whites would not.

Does that help at all??