In the cotton-growing regions of the South,which of the following was true of the gang-labor system of work?

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The gang-labor system of work in the cotton-growing regions of the South depended upon the work of white overseers and black drivers to maintain control over groups of slaves working together in a gang. Option A is incorrect because the gang-labor system required slaves to work together, not individually. Option B is incorrect because the gang-labor system was primarily used on larger plantations with more than twenty slaves. Option D is incorrect because slave labor was often controlled through violent discipline and punishment.

In the Cotton-Growing Regions of the South,which of the Following