What is a Slave? A slave is a human being who works but is not allowed to keep the fruits and profits of his labors. He is forced by his master to deliver up the fruits of his efforts under threat of punishment and receives back a bare minimum sustenance. Tax Freedom day is now approximately June 30th each year. When we were younger it occurred in April, then May. So I figure that we now are "Half Slave, and Half Free" No nation can endure, half slave and half free- or so somebody once said.