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| 18 | 58 | They are View more quotes about part">part of the display of the city, and are exhibited as an aspect of its wealth and abundance, intended to produce a favorable impression. |
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| 18 | 55 | We are apparently much different from the slaves they are used to, usually sturdy, large-boned girls, often of peasant stock, the sort which are most useful in the fields. |
| 18 | 56 | And certainly few men will visit an unfamiliar city, on business or otherwise, without comparing the girls of that city with the girls of their own. |
| 18 | 57 | Sometimes when important visitors arrive in a city, perhaps to negotiate trade agreements or contract alliances, many slaves are walked, or even sent on meaningless errands, to certain quarters, that they may be viewed. |
| 18 | 58 | They are part of the display of the city, and are exhibited as an aspect of its wealth and abundance, intended to produce a favorable impression. |
| 18 | 59 | Just as a city prides itself on the ebullience, variety, and colorfulness of its architecture, on its spacious plazas and broad avenues, on its numerous parks and gardens, so, too, it prides itself on the number and beauty of its slaves. |
| 18 | 60 | Indeed, sometimes cities compete in such modalities, each seemingly eager to stimulate the admiration, if not excite the envy, of her neighbors. |
| 18 | 61 | There is some speculation that this sort of thing has motivated more than one clandestine, intermunicipal slave raid. |