Assertion: slave | /r/HasAspect | right
Facets:
value: nonetheless
type: DEGREE
value: according to laws
type: OTHER
value: essentially
type: DEGREE
value: as legal property of their masters
type: OTHER
value: usually
type: TEMPORAL
value: themselves
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Slaves had no rights, they could be treated as good or as badly as their masters wished.
text: Slaves did have the right to possess a house and livestock, which could be transmitted to descendants, as could clothing and household furnishings.
text: The slave usually had few rights and always fewer than his owner, but there were not many societies in which he had absolutely none.
text: As legal property of their masters they had no rights themselves and fared far worse than Roman slaves or medieval serfs.
text: Slaves had no rights at all in fact and certainly no legal status or individuality.
text: Slaves essentially had no rights and could even be killed with impunity by their owners.
text: However, and especially under slavery in broader senses of the word, slaves may have some rights and protections according to laws or customs.
text: Slaves nonetheless had some rights as well.