The largest group of white people in the south were the yeomen, who lived in the Upper South.
Yeomen farmer, the personification of the perfect American, was honest, virtuous, hardworking, and independent. He had his own little farm and operated it primarily with family labor. Yeomen farmers played a crucial role in the republican vision of the new country because of the same beliefs.
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