Yes, there was a law passed that slaves could marry with the permission of his master, and they had brothers and sisters. They certainly had friends, especially the city slaves, who had access to their masters and could "put in a good word" for someone trying to gain a favor.
Yes, there are records of free blacks slaves owning slaves. This was a complex issue. Some did it to feel in charge, some did it to save friends and family, and some did it for other reasons.
yes 1 person could have up 2 about 400 slaves
The average Roman family consisted of father, mother,children, married sons, their family, and slaves. You were punished if you didn't get married by the age of 15 -16.
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Roman slaves did everything from hard labor to housework.
roman craftsman and slaves
Roman slaves did everything from hard labor to housework.
Yes, there are records of free blacks slaves owning slaves. This was a complex issue. Some did it to feel in charge, some did it to save friends and family, and some did it for other reasons.
yes 1 person could have up 2 about 400 slaves
The average Roman family consisted of father, mother,children, married sons, their family, and slaves. You were punished if you didn't get married by the age of 15 -16.
Slaves did everything.
With the exception of working in mineral extraction Roman slaves probably had it better. A Roman slave could earn his freedom or advance himself which was not the case with plantation slaves in the deep south.
Family. When slaves where sold families were broken, slaves wanted to be reunited with their family
she was a slave and was trying to get freedom and help herself, her family and friends and all the other slaves (:
They did it because it was cheap labor, knew the land, had no friends or family.
Her and her whole family grew up as slaves.