Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-09-07

slaves 20 one freeman. They were OBJ
tanned, as IN Greece, BY war, By com.
merce, by the operation Of law against
criminals. and BY hirth il being Ro-
man law thar children Of slave mother
should be slaves. Alter the conquest Of.
Samnium, $4,000 persons were sold
Emilus Paullus sold into slavery At one
time 100000 people, called Epirotes,
and 10000 captivcs wero at another time
sem neme rrom Carthage. during tbei
Syrian, Macedonian, Grecian aud Span
ish wars, prodigious number ol cap
tives were sent to Rome and reduced to
slavery. Besides all this, a slave trade
was regularly carried on in the East,
Thrace and Sarmaiia being the Guinea
Coast OF the Romans. Strabc tells rs
thar a, Delos, the great mart Of this trade
10000 slaves were sold ia open market
! in one day. Cesar, in his Gallic wars,
is estimated to have taken more than
100000 prisoners, who were held in
+ #servitude- In country where slaves
we're reckoned by millions, individuals
would Of course own large number.
+ From one to five hundred was common
number, and some persons had 2000,
and even 5000 slaves.
/ The condition of slaves under Roman
law was one Of awful cruelty and suffer
ling. The lash and rod we're in constant
use, and on the most trivial occasions. ri
a slave spoke or coushed al forbidden
time be was tlogged by a very severe
master. The toilet Of a lady Of fashion
was 4 terrible ordeal for a slave, A
STRAY curl was an objectionable offence
and the slaves back was gored for the
faults of the mirror Thongs loaded
with lead, and chains with weights Of
bronze or tin at the end, were common
instruments Of correction, as were also
vine sprouts, Tyre strings and forceps.
Cruel masters often hired torturers by
profession, and kept them in their estab-
lishments, and many horrible torments
were inflicted by them, such as disloca-
ton upon the wheel, and the destruc-
tof noses, ears, eyes and teeth. Crucifx-
ton was frequently made the fate Of a
slave for triaing misconduct, or from
mere caprice. and thousands were thrown
from the CapitoIine rock. Cato, the
censor, used TO seize a thong after sup
per, and fog such as he thought had not
attended properly, or had dressed any
dish III. The life Of slave was entire
ly in the power Of his master, and the
murder Of slaves, by torture or other
wise, was not punished by the laws, till
about the time Of Constantine. It was
= a question put for disputaiion, whether,
to tighten a ship in a storm, one should
throw overheard a horse or a slave.
I Slaves could have no civil rights, could
not contract legal marriage, bad no pow
er over their own children, aud could
not own property. IN regard to punish
ments Of all kinds, no distinction was
i made between male and female slaves.
Besides the domestic and agricultural
j slaves, were the gladjators, who were
s chiefly slaves. and were at times extreme
, ly numerous. The frequency and fero-
ciousness of these exhibitions IS indicated
, by the restriction imposed by Augustus,
who forbade magistrates 20 give shows Ct
? glaiiators more than twice a year, or Of
] more than sixty pairs AZ a time. Julius
: Caesar exhibited at once 320 pairs. Ira
: Jan exhibited them for I23 days in sue
cession, IN the course Of which 10000
: gladiasors fought. These horrid butche-
! rie- Of slaves, for the amusement Of the
. rich and dissoluta, sufficiently indicates
! the cruel disposition Of the Romans, and
the awful seventies Of the slave code
. under their rule. No wonder that hu-
+ man nature, thus crushed and suffering
{ sometimes rebelled, and seized the reius
! Of power. Under the bead of gifted and
!, warlike spirits--and thousands Of such
: we're among tbs Syrian and Grecian cap
I tives-iusurrectioas were often made,
and q great number Of the masters and
b their families slain. Iu the year B. C.
4 l35, the slaves ia Sicily, 70 the number
r Of 10000, headed by one Eunus, over
] powered their oppreaors, and kept the
= Geld for six years n spite Of all ibat Ro-
= man arms could Do. In their aaal de-
4 feat 10000 slaves persisted.
E II many parliealars, the slavery Of
: Greece and Rome, 1t viii be observed,
J was strikiagIy similar % a. 10 our Own
= country. Slaves here hago 90 more Of
]. citizenship, no mere rights a property
= no more Of profession 10 tie marriage
. relation. no more power ovsr their child
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