Yeomen did not own slaves and were poor while plantation owners were rich and owned many slaves.
A yeomen was a white man that owned a small farm.
Planters and yeomen alike often looked down on the poorest of white southerners.
A man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder.
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 lives of plantation belt yeomen and upcountry yeomen diverged due to differences in economic opportunities and lifestyles. Plantation belt yeomen were typically wealthier and relied on cash crops like cotton, while upcountry yeomen focused on subsistence farming and lived in more isolated, rugged areas. Additionally, the plantation system in the South created a more stratified society that impacted opportunities for social mobility.
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.
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You are mixing up two time periods. Plantation owners were wealthy growers in the south in the 1800’s, but a yeoman was a person who worked for a king or lord in the Middle Ages. If you want to lay this out do a Venn diagram to help you answer.
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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