We demonstrate that using bosonization techniques in 1+1-dimensional QCD in the chiral limit a unique definition of baryons is possible for finiteN c despite the fact that mesons, baryons and anti-baryons are massless. The definition which is based on the construction of an SU(2)-algebra provides the basis for a new approach to investigate hadronic properties in the strong coupling limit. It is used to study the Fock-state decomposition and structure functions of baryons for various finite values ofN c . The results are discussed in comparison to similar calculations based on discretized lightcone quantization.