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Independent farmers:)
For a large group of yeomen, independence and not wealth was important. Yeomen were small farmers who (60% owned their own farms) grew enough vegetables to feed their families,grew enough cotton each year to have little cash. They very high value yeomen placed on freedon grew directly from their own experience as self-sufficient properly owning farmers in small family-based communities, and from absolute, patriarchal control they exercised over their own wives and children.
Well Funnaly enough THEY DID going back to the Egypt times the slaves were actullay 98% farmers so therefore yes they did.
The European slave trade did not begin until the fifteenth century A.D. More than 10 million slaves were sold in Europe and the Americas over a period of about 400 years, Ancient African slaves were referred to as servants. They could marry, own property, or even own slaves of their own.
Some yeoman farmers did own slaves, but not all. The number of slaves owned by yeoman farmers varied depending on factors such as location, wealth, and social customs. Generally, yeoman farmers who owned slaves had smaller holdings compared to large plantation owners.
Yeoman farmers
A yeoman was a free man who owned his own farm.
Yeoman - in former times was free and cultivated his own land Yeoman (F) was a rank in the U.S. Naval Reserve in World War I. yeoman - A servant, an attendant or subordinate official in a royal household; a subordinate of a sheriff; an independent farmer; a naval rating.
Because they were yeoman.
Yeoman farmers
yes both
Yeoman farmers
Yeoman were small-scale farmers who typically owned their own land and worked alongside their family, while plantation owners were wealthy individuals who owned large tracts of land and enslaved laborers to work on their plantations. Yeoman typically focused on subsistence agriculture or small-scale cash crops, while plantation owners produced cash crops on a large scale for commercial profit.
Yeoman farmers were small-scale landowners in colonial America who owned and worked their own land independently. They were typically self-sufficient, growing crops for their own consumption as well as for sale in local markets. Yeoman farmers played a crucial role in the development of agriculture in early America, contributing to the economic and social fabric of the colonies.
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Yeoman farmers made their money by selling their goods and labor. They sold nuts, fruits, vegetables, dairy products and animal hides.