What Was Christmas Like for America's Enslaved People?
What Was Christmas Like for Americaâs Enslaved People? For some, it was a rare time of respite; for others, an opportunity for resistance. Author: For some, it was a rare time of respite; for others, an opportunity for resistance. How did Americans living under slavery experience the Christmas holidays? While early accounts from white Southerners after the Civil War often painted an idealized picture of owners’ generosity met by grateful workers happily feasting, singing and dancing, the reality was far more complex. In the 1830s, the large slaveholding states of Alabama, Louisiana an...
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