Master and man chopped and ploughed and reaped and builded side by side, and even the leaders of the community, the militia generals, the legislators, and the judges, often did their share of farm work, and prided themselves upon their capacity to do it well.
This passage illustrates the communal spirit of labor among Tennessee's leaders and citizens, who often worked alongside each other.
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