  The connection between the spin distribution and the topological structure of
the baryon is an open and important problem. Here we address it using QCD in
$(1+1)$ spacetime dimensions, which is exactly solvable at large number of
colors $N$. It is found that the distribution of chirality inside a baryon is
drastically different from a chirality distribution inside states with zero
baryon number, ``mesons". This difference is shown to arise from the
topological structure of the baryon -- at large $N$, all of the baryon's
chirality is concentrated near $x=0$, whereas in a meson state it vanishes in
the small $x$ limit. Our results illustrate how the constituent features of the
baryon reemerge and are tied to the topological features of the bosonized
solitonic solution. Possible implications for QCD in $(3+1)$ dimensions and for
deep inelastic scattering experiments are discussed.
