Lexic.us

Definition of Field hand

1. Noun. A hired hand on a farm.

Definition of Field hand

1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) An outdoor worker on a farm, plantation, or ranch. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Hand

Literary usage of Field hand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape by Frederick Douglass (2001)
"Journey to Covey's — Meditations by the way — Covey's house — Family — Awkwardness as a field hand — A cruel beating — Why given — Description of Covey ..."

2. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... that l in this^ondition ehe wo« с impelled the neit dir write to you ; but the necessity of the case must to go into the field to work а« a field-hand. ..."

3. Slavery in South Carolina and the Ex-slaves: Or, The Port Royal Mission by Austa Malinda French (1862)
"... her hatred of the North, her silver, her daughters, but, above all, the wonder, over and over, expressed that she herself had never been a field-hand ..."

4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Industrial Relations. Division of Labor Statistics and Law Enforcement, California Bureau of Labor Statistics (1890)
"In the two last named countries toe field hand gets less for a week's work than a field hand receives for a day's labor in this country. ..."

5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"f As the field hand was but an instrument of production, the cost of feeding and clothing him was kept down to the smallest sum possible. ..."

6. The Negro in Business: Report of a Social Study Made Under the Direction of by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1899)
"So fur we have considered three great classes of business venture, the logical origin of which are plainly seen in the house- servant, the field-hand and ..."

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