Your question is incomplete because it does not provide the options, which are the following:
A. Their birthday
B. The master's birthday
C. Easter Sunday
D. The days between Christmas and New Year's Day
Answer:
D. The days between Christmas and New Year's Day
Step-by-step explanation:
In chapter ten of "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," the protagonist and author explains that the "days between Christmas and New Year's day are allowed as holidays; and, accordingly, we were not required to perform any labor, more than to feed and take care of the stock. This time we regarded as our own, by the grace of our masters; and we therefore used or abused it nearly as we pleased."
Thus, even though some slaves still worked during those six days, most of them spent their time drinking and entertaining themselves. The reason is that is was impolite not to follow their masters' orders, so those who did not obtain alcohol to get drunk at Christmas were considered lazy.