The gang system of slave labor
a. was used almost exclusively on smaller plantations.
b. was outlawed in most southern states by the time of the Civil War.
c. required slaves to work in groups under an overseer or driver.
d. permitted slaves “time off” when they completed their assigned jobs.
e. was the same as the "task" system.
ANS: C
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