 ManumissionThese are relevant references from the Books where Manumission is mentioned. I make no pronouncements on these matters, but report them as I find them. Arrive at your own conclusions. I wish you well, Fogaban see also Slave Papers A girl with pierced ears is, of course, either a slave or a former slave. If she is a former slave, her papers of manumission had best be in perfect order. More than one freed woman, because of pierced ears, has found herself again on the block, again reduced by strong men to the helpless state of bondage. "And these papers," I said, "are pertinent to you. They are all in order. I had Tolnar and Venlisius prepare them, before they left." "Papers, Master?" he asked. "You can read?" I asked. "Yes, Master," he said. "Do not call me 'Master'," I said. "Master?" he asked. "The papers are papers of manumission," I said. "I am no longer your master. You no longer have a master." "Manumission?" he asked. "You are free," I told him. "I can have you manumitted," he said. "We can see a praetor tomorrow. I can buy you slippers, veils, robes, suitable raiment." |       
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