During the age of absolutism european monarchies sought to what

I believe that European monarchies sought to consolidate and maintain the power (political, religious, and economic) of their rulers (the monarchs). They did this by passing laws, mandates, and regulations that were designed to allow for governmental autonomy, that is, to ensure that the will of the monarch was not challenged by the citizenry, religious groups, or philosophers and scientists. 

They had more africans americans than any other state