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| 6 | 639 | The View more quotes about point">point of these statutes, it seems, is to keep the slave in perfect custody, at all times, and to encourage boldness on the part of males. |
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| 6 | 636 | Strictures of this sort, of course, do not apply to free persons, such as free women. |
| 6 | 637 | A free woman is entitled to try to escape a captor as best she can, and without penalty, even after her first night in his bonds, if she still chooses to do so. |
| 6 | 638 | If she is enslaved, of course, then she is subject to, and covered by, the same customs, practices and laws as any other slave. |
| 6 | 639 | The point of these statutes, it seems, is to keep the slave in perfect custody, at all times, and to encourage boldness on the part of males. |
| 6 | 640 | After the slave has been in the possession of the thief, or captor, for one week she counts as being legally his. |
| 6 | 641 | To be sure, the original master may attempt to steal her back. |
| 6 | 642 | A popular sport with young men is trying "chain luck". |