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   ocr: Field hands performed hard manual labor. They plowed, picked cotton, built fences, cleared land, and pulled corn. Men and women usually worked side by side in the fields, although the hardest physical tasks, such as felling trees, were done by men. Field hands usually worked in groups called gangs and were directed byan overseer or a driver. They had no opportunities to take responsibility or to show initiative. Instead, they had to work as long and as hard as they were told. Field hands worked six days a week from sunrise to sunset. At harvest time, they worked even longer. Only after working ...