For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122324_holiday_slavery_op/for-enslaved-people-holiday-season-was-time-revelry-8211-and-brief-window-fight-back/
During the slavery era in the Americas, enslaved men, women and children enjoyed the holidays - which offered a chance to feast, plot rebellions, or escape - but more importantly, it served as a rare window of opportunity for enslaved men, women and children to reclaim their humanity.
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