A man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder.
A yeomen was a white man that owned a small farm.
Planters and yeomen alike often looked down on the poorest of white southerners.
Yeomen did not own slaves and were poor while plantation owners were rich and owned many slaves.
Probably the most significant part of the law was that it exempted one white male from confederate service per plantation of twenty or more slaves. Already a war that was, for the most part, to benefit the rich white planters, the twenty negro further promoted the division of classes in the south. In effect, the poor white yeomen were fighting for the benefit of planters who, themselves, did not have to fight.
The collective noun is a fellowship of yeomen.
Yeomen of the Guard was created in 1485.
The Yeomen of the Guard was created in 1888.
A yeomen was a white man that owned a small farm.
Oberlin Yeomen football was created in 1891.
Planters and yeomen alike often looked down on the poorest of white southerners.
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Yeomen did not own slaves and were poor while plantation owners were rich and owned many slaves.
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There was the Gentlemen, Yeomen, Citizens and peasants!
the men are called Yeomen