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Born on the old Armant plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana, where his mother and father cut sugar cane as field hands, Nailor walked to a segregated school while white students like Weber whizzed past on buses.
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
At that point, many field hands crossed the border and stayed for good — aging with each successive crop.
—Miriam Jordan Adam Perez, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
It is populated by the private investors who have poured funding into it, along with staff, field hands, and scientists; her employer is an officious, sometimes violent man.
—Mayukh Sen, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
Several field hands had been playing checkers on the porch of the Bryants’ store that evening; one of them apparently told Mr. Bryant in an attempt to curry favor.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
Jordeen was a field hand on the Minton place.
—Ayana Mathis, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
Burnett, though a year younger than Shields, became a pseudo-mentor, creating on-field hand signals specifically for Shields to help him identify the play.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
One is Shepard Mallory, a field hand who was one of three slaves who sought sanctuary at Fort Monroe in 1861, and Confederate Army Major John B. Cary, who came to the fort to retrieve Mallory and the other men.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2021
Present-day homes include grand farm estates as well as more modest field hand houses turned residential homes.
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 19 Aug. 2021
Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
At that point, many field hands crossed the border and stayed for good — aging with each successive crop.
—Miriam Jordan Adam Perez, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
It is populated by the private investors who have poured funding into it, along with staff, field hands, and scientists; her employer is an officious, sometimes violent man.
—Mayukh Sen, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
Several field hands had been playing checkers on the porch of the Bryants’ store that evening; one of them apparently told Mr. Bryant in an attempt to curry favor.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
Jordeen was a field hand on the Minton place.
—Ayana Mathis, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
Burnett, though a year younger than Shields, became a pseudo-mentor, creating on-field hand signals specifically for Shields to help him identify the play.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
One is Shepard Mallory, a field hand who was one of three slaves who sought sanctuary at Fort Monroe in 1861, and Confederate Army Major John B. Cary, who came to the fort to retrieve Mallory and the other men.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2021
Present-day homes include grand farm estates as well as more modest field hand houses turned residential homes.
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 19 Aug. 2021
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“Field hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20hand. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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