Complex sentence: Many North Carolinians, especially yeoman farmers who owned few or no slaves, felt ambivalently about the Confederacy; draft-dodging, desertion, and tax evasion were common during the Civil War years.
Split into simpler sentences: Many North Carolinians, especially yeoman farmers who owned few or no slaves, felt ambivalently about the Confederacy. Draft-dodging, desertion, and tax evasion were common during the Civil War years.