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| 46 | 111 | I View more quotes about might">might then invent a master, and claim that I was attempting to return to him, not that that would keep the ropes off me. |
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| 46 | 108 | I could not well walk into a village clearing, or through the gates of a town or city, and say, "Tal, I am a female slave. |
| 46 | 109 | Who will put a chain on me?" Escaped slaves I knew were commonly returned to their masters, as a courtesy, but sometimes there would be some negotiations having to do with a capture fee. |
| 46 | 110 | My collar, of course, was a plain collar. |
| 46 | 111 | I might then invent a master, and claim that I was attempting to return to him, not that that would keep the ropes off me. |
| 46 | 112 | In problematical situations, escaped slaves are commonly publicly exhibited for a time, chained under a pertinent notice and then, if not claimed, auctioned, or delivered to the finder. |
| 46 | 113 | Sometimes a slave is tortured and, in this case, she is likely to acknowledge herself the slave of anyone whom the magistrate might suggest, perhaps a relative in another village. |
| 46 | 114 | To be sure, a slave is seldom subjected to any grievous torture, as it might lower her value. |