Slave freedom in ancient Greece followed a strategic system of earnings, pricing, and extended service, new research shows.

As someone who researches slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially in the Bible, I often hear remarks like, “Slavery was totally different back then, right?” “Well, it couldn’t have been ...

A new study reveals that gaining freedom for slaves in ancient Greece followed a complex system that combined economic strategy, legal obligations and selective incentives. While some slaves could ...

Theory and Society, Vol. 48, No. 6 (December 2019), pp. 823-833 (11 pages) In 1978 and 1979, while a visiting fellow at Cambridge University, Orlando Patterson engaged in a number of conversations ...

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