Slavery (Lesson 9,10) Flashcards
What was mass enslavement from conquest?
This was rare, but conquest of terrritories could result in the mass enslavement of populations.
What does Vernae mean ?
House-born slave
True or False: The offspring of enslaved women and their masters took the mother’s status ?
True!
True or False: Children of enslaved parents were automatically owned by their master?
True!
True or False: There was no way parents could reclaim their freeborn (abandoned child) after the child has been bought for slavery?
False, the parents could reclaim the child but they would have to compensate the slave owner
True or False: There was a limit on the amount of slaves one could own?
False, no limit but slaves were too expensive for the lower class to have. So that’s why you see the rich with most of the slaves and many of them too,
Did slaves have legal rights?
No, they couldn’t get married, own property and testimony of an enslaved person was not admissible in court.
Who’s Spartacus?
Gladiator who led one of the biggest slave revolts but was defeated by Crassus.
What is Manumission?
It’s the freeing of enslaved people. They could be freed in the wills of their masters, for good service, could buy their freedom or most common way for women was by marrying their master. Augustus did put limitations to manumissions tho
What is a pileus?
It’s the symbol of freedom, it’s a hat that a slave would wear after gaining freedom.
True or False: After manumission the freedperson adopts the former master’s name?
True!
The Acte Monument
Altar that contains curse to a girl’s mother on back. The husband cursed the freedwoman (his wife) for abandoning him and taking with her two enslaved people. This altar was used to study rights and treatment of women freed for marriage.
