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Gang system

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A labor system in which enslaved workers were organized into groups and worked from sunup to sundown under the supervision of an overseer, cultivating crops such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco.

AP course connection

Topic 2.6: 2.6 Labor, Culture, and Economy

Unit 2