field Negro
noun
dated, usually offensive
: an enslaved Black person who worked in the fields as distinguished from one who worked about the house of the slaveholder
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“Field Negro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20Negro. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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