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| 18 | 775 | The View more quotes about master">master's permission is, actually, implicitly involved in many aspects of the slave's life. |
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| 18 | 772 | What Jane had in mind, of course, were the usual formulas by means of which a slave, denied speech, may request to speak. |
| 18 | 773 | Some typical petitionary formulas would be "I beg to speak," "I would speak," and "May I speak, Master?" The common understanding here is that the slave requires the master's permission to clothe herself and to speak. |
| 18 | 774 | She is, after all, a slave. |
| 18 | 775 | The master's permission is, actually, implicitly involved in many aspects of the slave's life. |
| 18 | 776 | To be sure, most of these permissions are standing permissions. |
| 18 | 777 | And much depends on the particular master and slave. |
| 18 | 778 | For example, it is almost universal that the slave may not leave the domicile without requesting permission, and it is often required that she will state the purpose of her departure and make clear her expected time of return. |