浅析古代雅典奴隶主的释奴方式

在希腊罗马奴隶制社会,释放奴隶是一个普遍存在的现象,但释放奴隶的方式却因时因地而异。古代雅典作为一个典型的奴隶制社会,在具有古典共性的同时,也拥有自己独特的释奴方式,即遗嘱型释放、赎买型释放、起诉型释放、鼓励型释放和利用型释放。不同的释奴方式是不同的期望结果、不同的主奴关系、不同的风俗习惯和不同的社会背景的反映。     

Slavery,Abolition, and Columbia University

Abstract

Institutional archivists can create finding aid tools for their collections that address timely and specific historical issues, such as connections to slavery profits, to manumission, and to anti-slavery and abolitionism. This article takes as its premise a Yale slavery web site of 2001, which drew some startling conclusions that were new answers to some very old questions about the relationships between slavery and the founders of institutions in the colonial and Revolutionary period. Slavery was ubiquitous in the North and a common thread among the founders of many kinds of institutions, colleges included. Institutional archivists can assist in identifying timely questions about momentous events and cultural issues by drawing attention to available resources, and by finding the answers.