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While white families prospered during the cotton boom and lived in luxury, the hard labor was done by enslaved African Americans.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
The characteristics of the system were hard labor often in the mining or timber industries, poor nutrition, and a very high mortality rate.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 July 2025
But those workers get few protections in exchange for their hard labor.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 14 July 2025
He was sentenced to 16 years of hard labor in a work camp.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
The characteristics of the system were hard labor often in the mining or timber industries, poor nutrition, and a very high mortality rate.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 July 2025
But those workers get few protections in exchange for their hard labor.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 14 July 2025
He was sentenced to 16 years of hard labor in a work camp.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard labor
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“Hard labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20labor. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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