Slaves

=__Yeoman Farmers__=

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 * A Yeoman farmer hunted and fished and grew fruits and vegetables. They probabaly have hogs, chickens, and geese. If there family could afford one they would have a horse or a ox to till the fields and to pull a wagon for transportation. They made there on clothing by spinning and weaving cloth. Most farmers had 12 to 15 children. The kids didn't go to school. This was the group that comprised most of the population of this section of North Carolina.**======

=﻿__Slaves__=

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 * Ever county in North Carolina had slaves. There two slave jobs. There is a house slave which does house work like cleaning and cooking, while the other slaves that work in the field that are called field slaves which work in the fields all day long from sun up to sun down and only get short breaks in the day. They ate what they could grow in little spots on the plantation. The slaves had a hard live.**======
 * 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 ||

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