Yeoman+and+Slaves


 * __Yeoman and Slaves__**

__ ﻿Yeoman Farmers __ Most of the state's citizens were Yeoman. Yeoman are farmers who worked the land they or some other family member owned. They organized their lives to revolve around the three things: their families, the seasons, and their neighborhoods. They worked on small farms. When farming they did substinence farming. Substinence farming is farming to provide food to feed the family with very little left over. A crop that they farmed for subsistence farming whenever possible was tobacco. The crop could always be sold, at least the part that was not smoked.

__Slaves__

Slaves were owned people. They were workers and of African descent. Slaves were auctioned off for bids to someone that would be their "master". Slaves were worth a lot of money. Some slave owners stole slaves from each other. It was so common that slaves had to be branded to know which owner they belonged to. The difference between yeoman farmers and slaves is that slaves were treated horribly. It was not uncommon for slave women to be raped by a slave owner. Slaves who died on the route or voyage to slave societies was tossed over board without any ceremonies, rituals, or last rites. The period of slavery was harsh but it was people like Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglass that helped end it and helped slaves to freedom.


 * __North Carolina Population,__**
 * __1830-1860__**
 * __Year__ || __White__ || __Slave__ || __Total__ ||
 * 1830 || 492,386 || 245,601 || 737,987 ||
 * 1840 || 507,602 || 245,817 || 753,419 ||
 * 1850 || 580,491 || 288,548 || 869,039 ||
 * 1860 || 661,563 || 331,059 || 992,622 ||