1º their nationality,
2º the manner in which they have become slaves (difference between extratribal and intratribal slaves, between native-born and newly-acquired slaves)[25],
3º the work imposed upon them (outdoor and indoor slaves, familia rustica and familia urbana).
What are the practical consequences of these distinctions?[26]
VII. Slave labour.
Slaves sometimes perform
- 1º the same work as freemen,
- or 2º the same as free women,
- or 3º the same as the lower classes.
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4º If some kind of work is performed by slaves only, what is its character? (Drudgery as opposed to noble work).
5º Is the work for which slaves are employed despised[27]?