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Douglass says that the holidays on plantations "are part and parcel of gross fraud, wrong, and inhumanity of slavery." In what way were holidays a bad thing for enslaved people? A. The plantation owners got the slaves so drunk on holidays that the slaves believed they could not care for themselves. B. The slaves were forced to work on holidays while the plantation owners relaxed and played. C. The plantation owners took the extra time on holidays to beat and discipline slaves. D. The plantation owners accused slaves of stealing holiday food and gifts.

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A. The slaves sometimes even drank and ate themselves 'into debt' on holidays, giving owners a pretense of reason for keeping them.

A. The plantation owners got the slaves so drunk on holidays that the slaves believed they could not care for themselves