Volume 1

History of the female sex; comprising a view of the habits, manners, and influence of women, among all nations, from the earliest ages to the present time / Translated from the German of C. Meiners. By Frederic Shoberl.

  • Christoph Meiners
Date:
1808
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Credit: History of the female sex; comprising a view of the habits, manners, and influence of women, among all nations, from the earliest ages to the present time / Translated from the German of C. Meiners. By Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    n ooncubine, she migiit purchase lier liberty for a moderate sum, or might find a bridegroom to redeem her. An Israelite was not ])ermitted to seil slaves of bis own Ration, wbo were yet virgins,to foreigners. EVen those concubines wbo were either taben in war, or purchased of lieatbeii slave-merchants, he was obliged to set at liberty, without ransom, when he began to be weary of tbem*. Ainong the other eastern nations, the servitude of purchased slaves continues for life. When neglected by their master, they cannot insist on bis sellino; thern for an inconsiderable sum. None can dictate to what new master, and to what nation he shall or shall not dis- pose of her; neither can any of them ob- tain her liberty when her lord is weary of her. On the contrary, a master may give away or seil even those which have borne bim children to vvhomsoever he pleases. Slaves of this descrijition, however, often regain their freedom after the death of their lords; at least in Morocco, female negroes who have had children by their inasters, cannot be sold.during the life- tiine of the latter, and are set at liberty after their decease^j-. If such a law were * Michaelis Mos, Rechf, II. p, Il6, 122. t Höst, p. 104.
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