Slavery and manumission

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Slavery and manumission

This chapter provides an overview of the legal contours of slavery in the ancient Greek world, looking at Homer and Hesiod, Gortyn, Sparta, Athens, and Ptolemaic Egypt. It concludes with an overview of manumission law.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lewis, David
Other Authors:	Harris, Edward
Format:	Book Section
Published:	Oxford University Press 2015
Subjects:	Slavery property ownership law manumission freedmen Gortyn Athens Sparta
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50763/

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