7º Sometimes the master may not sell the slave without his consent.
8º It may also be that the slave, if ill-treated by his master, has a right to be sold. In some cases the slave can change his master by causing some slight damage to the new master or his goods. This formality has probably originated from the delivering up of the slave to the injured person for some real damage[22].
9º Has the slave any public rights, does he share in government matters? [[433]]
V. The attitude of public opinion towards slaves.
1º Are slaves despised? Details. Do the slaves receive a regular burial, or are their corpses thrown away?
2º External signs of slavery (mutilations, dress different from that of freemen)[23]. Are these signs only intended clearly to show the difference of status, or to make fugitive slaves easy to recognize?
3º Are ill-treatment and sale of slaves discountenanced by public opinion?[24]
4º Is there any instance among savages of slavery being considered a status contra naturam?
VI. Different kinds of slaves.
Slaves can be distinguished according to