Question

Douglass says that the holidays on plantations “are part and parcel of the gross fraud, wrong, and inhumanity of slavery” because the owners

A.
They took a holiday while the slaves continued to work

B.
They encouraged slaves to become drunk during the holidays in order to trick them into thinking they could not care for themselves

C.
They blamed the slaves for stealing the gifts and food during the holidays

Answer 1

The slave owners made many slaves drunk during holidays in order to make them think they were unable to care for themselves.