History of the United States I / Unit 12 USH1 1696 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Yeoman Farmers
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The idea
Below the planters stood yeoman farmers, small landowners who worked their own land and sometimes enslaved a few people.
In practice
A class holding land but not the scale that produced political power.
Where people slip
They generally opposed active federal government, distrusted banks, and feared a strong national government might tamper with slavery.
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