The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, Ancient and Modern: The Forms of Slavery that Prevailed in Ancient Nations, Particularly in Greece and Rome. The African Slave Trade and the Political History of Slavery in the United States. Compiled from Authentic Materials |
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... Italy . Columella advises that they be built under ground ; and recom- mends the duty of having a careful overseer to call over the names of the slaves , in order to know when any of them had deserted . Sicily was full of these dungeons ...
... Italy . Columella advises that they be built under ground ; and recom- mends the duty of having a careful overseer to call over the names of the slaves , in order to know when any of them had deserted . Sicily was full of these dungeons ...
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... Italy , was led to observe the evils which slavery inflicted upon the provinces of his country . The great body of the people were im- poverished . Instead of little farms studding the country with their pleasant aspect , and nursing an ...
... Italy , was led to observe the evils which slavery inflicted upon the provinces of his country . The great body of the people were im- poverished . Instead of little farms studding the country with their pleasant aspect , and nursing an ...
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... Italy rose in rebel- lion against their oppressors , and under the able generalship of Spartacus , defeated a Roman consular army , and were not subdued until after a struggle of two years , and when 60,000 of them had fallen in battle ...
... Italy rose in rebel- lion against their oppressors , and under the able generalship of Spartacus , defeated a Roman consular army , and were not subdued until after a struggle of two years , and when 60,000 of them had fallen in battle ...
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... Italy than in the provinces , according to Milman . Robertson states that there were twice as many slaves as free citizens , and Blair estimates three slaves to one freeman , between the conquest of Greece , B. C. 146 , and the reign of ...
... Italy than in the provinces , according to Milman . Robertson states that there were twice as many slaves as free citizens , and Blair estimates three slaves to one freeman , between the conquest of Greece , B. C. 146 , and the reign of ...
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... Italy were of two classes ; private estates and the public domain . With private estates he refused to inter- fere . The public domains , even though they had been usurped by the patricians , were to be reclaimed as public property ...
... Italy were of two classes ; private estates and the public domain . With private estates he refused to inter- fere . The public domains , even though they had been usurped by the patricians , were to be reclaimed as public property ...
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