Question

Which of the following statements is true about small-scale farmers in South Carolina from 1790 to 1860?
A. Most small-scale farmers did not own enslaved people.
B. Most small-scale farmers used enslaved people to produce cotton.
C. Most small-scale farmers began to grow rice and indigo in large quantities.
D. Most small-scale farmers were taken over by wealthy planters.

Answer 1

A. Most small-scale farmers did not own enslaved people.

Explanation: In antebellum South Carolina the majority of white farmers were small-scale yeoman farmers who farmed their own land and did not own slaves. Large plantations with many enslaved people were a minority but held most wealth and political power.