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Slavery

Slavery. By Doug Rives. How To Become a Slave. Captured In Battle Abandoned Child Sold as a Slave Child Of A Slave Crimes Evading Military Service Sailors Sold By Pirates. Where Did Slaves Normally Come From?. Mainly from captured Provinces Slave Market Sold them. Slave Markets.

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Slavery

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  1. Slavery By Doug Rives

  2. How To Become a Slave • Captured In Battle • Abandoned Child • Sold as a Slave • Child Of A Slave • Crimes • Evading Military Service • Sailors Sold By Pirates

  3. Where Did Slaves Normally Come From? • Mainly from captured Provinces • Slave Market Sold them

  4. Slave Markets • Auctions • Stood out in the Street or auction house • Anyone could buy them

  5. What did slaves do? • Could do any job around the house • Teachers, cooks, farm or mine workers, hair dressers, Servant

  6. Difference between Jobs of Slaves • Household Slaves treated better most of the time • Cooks and Teachers were valuable • Farmers and miners had to do hard work • Miners were often killed in the mines

  7. Freedom • Pay the amount used to buy you • Very Hard • Had No source of Income really • Some Slaves were bought at ridiculous Prices

  8. Freedom (cont.) • Freed by masters • Had to go to the consul and show that you wanted this man to be free

  9. Slave rebellions • First Servile War • Eunus, a farmer, led them • Claimed he was a prophet • Crushed by Roman Army

  10. Rebellions • Second Servile War • Slaves revolted in Sicily • Crushed by Army again

  11. Third Servile War • Spartacus • Gladiator • Broke out of training camp • Looted nearby towns and gained members • Government sent out weak army • Rebels Crushed army • Gained Mt. Vesuvius

  12. Third Servile War (cont.) • By the time the gov. sent out another army Rebels numbered about 70,000 • Spartacus decided to leave Vesuvius • On The way defeated two armies • Finally, the gov. sent out 10 legions • Killed or Crucified rebels • Spartacus assumedly died with his men

  13. Role of Freemen • Gained all rights of Citizenship when freed • Except could not run for office • Kids could run for office though • Could have any job • Freemen were not liked even though they were now free

  14. Difference between American nd Roman Slavery • American • Based On Race • Mistreated Slaves often • Did Not have opportunity to be free • Romans • Treated Slaves well most of the time • Could Be Free • Were not shunned as much as in America

  15. Similarities • Were Sold in slave markets • Both were used in manual labor • Slaves were both taken from home countries

  16. Saturnalia • When Slaves and Masters traded places • Honored Saturn • Symbolizes golden age of man • When all men were equal

  17. Economy • Slavery ruined economy due to cheap labor • True citizens could often not find a job • Destroyed economy

  18. Sources • http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_slaves.htm • http://www.historyonthenet.com/Romans/slavery.htm • http://forums.canadiancontent.net/history/43435-three-roman-slave-rebellions.html • http://www.milism.net/saturnalia.htm • http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Servus.html • http://sitemaker.umich.edu/mladjov/maps& • http://deepintoscripture.com/2011/03/04/in-which-the-tour-of-philippi-continues-and-status-is-everything-pt4/ • http://cometomumma.blogspot.com/2011/06/rules.html • http://activerain.com/blogsview/974254/history-of-auctions-101-1-1-early-roman-auctions • http://www.romanempire.net/romepage/PolCht/praetor.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunus • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States • http://www.netglimse.com/holidays/saturnalia/history_of_saturnalia.shtml • http://europeinpast.blogspot.com/2011/03/brutal-consequence-of-romes-marginal.html • http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-slavery.php • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Rome • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans_01.shtml • http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/slavery-romrep1.asp

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