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Chapter 2 - Becoming a Slave

“The Day of Slavery”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2021

Sara Forsdyke
Sara Forsdyke
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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This chapter explores the various ways that individuals became enslaved and what the experience of enslavement was like, including capture, transport, sale and entry into a new society. A distinction is made between those who experienced a transition from freedom to slavery and those who were born into slavery, as well as those who were of Greek ethnicity and those who came from non-Greek lands.

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Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece , pp. 52 - 101
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Becoming a Slave
  • Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Book: Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece
  • Online publication: 08 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139505772.002
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  • Becoming a Slave
  • Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Book: Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece
  • Online publication: 08 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139505772.002
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  • Becoming a Slave
  • Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Book: Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece
  • Online publication: 08 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139505772.002
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