Slaves

=**__Yeoman Farmers__**= Yeoman farmers were subsistence farmers who only planted enough crops for their family to eat. Yeoman farmers were very dependent on their neighbors for food and supplies that they did not have like many people back then. Neighborhoods were very important back then and when they went they left their neighborhoods it was normally only to go to camp meetings and court week. Many Yeoman families also had many children this was because they needed alot of help around the house and the children could help out with many things that needed to be done.

=﻿**__Slaves__**= Slaves unlike yeoman farmers were owned by people and had to work if they wanted to or not. Slaves and their owners lived on big farms known as plantations. Slaves had to work because if they disobeyed their master they were whipped and some even were killed if they disobeyed of tried to escape the plantations. Slaves had hardly any rights like we do they could not vote they could not get married and other laws. The luckiest slaves were the slaves that got to work in the masters house the unlucky slaves were the ones who had to work in the fields and only got a 15 minute break each day.

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 * = =**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 ||