Freed slaves, their status and state control in Ancient Greece

Freed slaves in the ancient Greek world usually held the legal status of foreigners or non-citizen residents. The Greek states adopted various means to control social distinctions, and in many cases actively engaged in the process of manumission and its publication, thus applying public interests to...

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Published in:European review of history = Revue européene d'histoire 2009-06, Vol.16 (3), p.303-318
Main Author: Zelnick-Abramovitz, Rachel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citizenship
Civil rights
Emancipation of slaves
grants of privileges and citizenship
inscriptions
laws
manumission
polis
Slavery
state's involvement in manumission
status of freed slaves
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Summary:Freed slaves in the ancient Greek world usually held the legal status of foreigners or non-citizen residents. The Greek states adopted various means to control social distinctions, and in many cases actively engaged in the process of manumission and its publication, thus applying public interests to private concerns. This is evident from many manumission documents, which allude to the involvement of political institutions in manumission, and to payments made by freed slaves to the treasurers or other officials. It can also be inferred from documents in which ex-owners seemingly grant to their freed slaves several civic rights and sometimes even citizenship.
ISSN:1350-7486
1469-8293
DOI:10.1080/13507480902916779