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

Word History

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of field Negro was in 1730

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“Field Negro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20Negro. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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