Gang Labor In Southern Louisiana

Slave society was most active in the Old South with the demand for goods, the demand for slaves also accumulated. The concept of slavery was to obey their masters and most masters owned some form of property such as plantation or farms. Depending on their master’s ownership, the slaves might work along with their master calling it as task labor or largely with other slaves often watched by an overseer refer to as gang labor (Foner 416-417). Southern Louisiana cultivate largely of sugar field, gang laborers are always on their feet monitoring the field before it starts to rotten; abuse from an overseer if they’re not working harder enough. Though both labors are extremely exhausting jobs, but the task workers has more an advantage. Since task