field hand

She had been a field-hand in North Carolina, and worked at cutting down trees, grubbing land, and mauling rails.

She was the dependable field-hand for the sowing and reaping, when agriculture became the principal means of subsistence.

On his plantation Henson served as water-boy, butler and finally as a field hand, experiencing the usual hardship of the slave.

Dilsey, the corn-field hand, almost fell down the steps announcing supper.

Now, every machine operator and field hand on the planet thinks he can reincarnate as a prince or a millionaire.