Yeoman farmers are subsistence farmers. Subsistence farmers are farmers who use their crops to provide for themselves, and if there was any left they could go to the market and sell it. Yeoman farmers were most of the North Carolina's citizens. They either owned the land or other family members did. Their life was organized around three things: their families, the seasons, and the their neighborhoods. Marriage was a starting point for making a family and a farm. They usually had aquired land. Men married in there twenties, while wonmen married in there teens. Family and neighbors would be present; and after the ceremony, the eat, dance, and party. They also wore their best clothes. The bridal couple took no honeymoon( I don't think that was invented yet). They either lived with the parents or left to go to the their own house immediately.
Slaves: Slaves were found every where in North Carolina. The greatest concentration of slaves was where the Tidewater met the Coastal Plain. From Hertford south through Pitt and Wanye counties. These counties had two advantages: the soil just above the level of swamps was some of the best in the state and the good lands were located close emough to ports to make marketing cost very little. The Abermarle Sound counties had a large numbers of slaves because the Dismal Swamp Canal allowed the cheap transportation of a variety of goods. The tidal line had only a few counties that had large numbers of slaves. The largest concentration was along the Roanoke River. In a similar way, the counties along the South Carolina line, which were close to markets like Cheraw and Camden, combined the two factors found on the tidal line. Slaves werer scattered across the lanscaped, one ofr two in small areas wehr the soil was above average in its ferility. Although most slave-owning North Carolinians owned only one or two slaves, a significant number of slaves lived on plantations. Staple cros were were mostly grown on plantations, but they also included grains. Fewer then ten farmers in the state ever owned a plantation. The who id , hoerver, reaped the rewards of slavery.
Yeoman Farmers & Slaves
Yeoman Farmers:
Yeoman farmers are subsistence farmers. Subsistence farmers are farmers who use their crops to provide for themselves, and if there was any left they could go to the market and sell it. Yeoman farmers were most of the North Carolina's citizens. They either owned the land or other family members did. Their life was organized around three things: their families, the seasons, and the their neighborhoods. Marriage was a starting point for making a family and a farm. They usually had aquired land. Men married in there twenties, while wonmen married in there teens. Family and neighbors would be present; and after the ceremony, the eat, dance, and party. They also wore their best clothes. The bridal couple took no honeymoon( I don't think that was invented yet). They either lived with the parents or left to go to the their own house immediately.Slaves:
Slaves were found every where in North Carolina. The greatest concentration of slaves was where the Tidewater met the Coastal Plain. From Hertford south through Pitt and Wanye counties. These counties had two advantages: the soil just above the level of swamps was some of the best in the state and the good lands were located close emough to ports to make marketing cost very little. The Abermarle Sound counties had a large numbers of slaves because the Dismal Swamp Canal allowed the cheap transportation of a variety of goods. The tidal line had only a few counties that had large numbers of slaves. The largest concentration was along the Roanoke River. In a similar way, the counties along the South Carolina line, which were close to markets like Cheraw and Camden, combined the two factors found on the tidal line. Slaves werer scattered across the lanscaped, one ofr two in small areas wehr the soil was above average in its ferility. Although most slave-owning North Carolinians owned only one or two slaves, a significant number of slaves lived on plantations. Staple cros were were mostly grown on plantations, but they also included grains. Fewer then ten farmers in the state ever owned a plantation. The who id , hoerver, reaped the rewards of slavery.
1830-1860