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1  The holidays are part and parcel of the gross fraud, wrong, and inhumanity of slavery.
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2  A slave who would work during the holidays was considered by our masters as scarcely deserving them.
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3  These holidays serve as conductors, or safety-valves, to carry off the rebellious spirit of enslaved humanity.
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4  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.
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5  The plan we finally concluded upon was, to get a large canoe belonging to Mr. Hamilton, and upon the Saturday night previous to Easter holidays, paddle directly up the Chesapeake Bay.
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6  From what I know of the effect of these holidays upon the slave, I believe them to be among the most effective means in the hands of the slaveholder in keeping down the spirit of insurrection.
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