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3613 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte) alphabetic letter I
   ) The order might be given directly to the other contracting party, or it might be implied by the appointment of a son or a slave to conduct a business or to enter into a particular transaction; but, to make the superior liable, the other party must have contracted with the filiusfamilias or slave as a representative. (18.80)

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte) alphabetic letter S
   Yet in the rule stated by Ju3tinian (Inst. iv. 4, 7), that the damages for an injuria to a slave should vary according to his position and employment, we approach very nearly to the conception of a slave as having a (17.85)

3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte) alphabetic letter S
   A bonâ--fide possessor, i. e. one who believed the slave to be his own, could acquire possession through him in the same cases as those in which he could acquire ownership, which excluded acquisition for the pledgee by a slave in pledge: and a usufructuary acquired possession through the slave in the same two cases as the bonâ--fide possessor; but, as he did not possess the slave himself, he could not acquire him by usucapio (Gaius, ii. 93; Inst. ii. 9, 4: cf. (15.55)

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35 from The Works of Christopher Marlowe

1. Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine, Part 2 act 1, scene 1, line 1
   Orcanes Egregious Viceroyes of these Eastern parts
   Plac'd by the issue of great Bajazeth,
   And sacred Lord, the mighty Calapine:
   Who lives in Egypt, prisoner to that slave,
   Which kept his father in an yron cage:
   Now have we martcht from faire Natolia
   Two hundred leagues, and on Danubius banks,
   Our warlike hoste in compleat armour rest,
   Where Sigismond the king of Hungary
   Should meet our person to conclude a truce.
   (3.99)

2. Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta act 4, scene 2
   Pilia-borza That such a base slave as he should be saluted by
   such a tall man as I am, from such a beautifull dame as you. (3.69)

3. Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta act 4, scene 3
   Barabas I will in some disguize goe see the slave,
   And how the villaine revels with my gold.
   (3.60)

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327 from Renaissance Materials

1. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Among
   you have a. you many a purchased slave, , i. e. you possess in common public slaves (cf. (6.37)

2. William Shakespeare, King Lear (eds. W. Aldis Wright, W. G. Clark) act 2, scene 2, line 2
   Kent. Strike, you slave; stand, rogue,
   stand; you neat
   slave, strike. (5.85)

3. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Tawny
   peace, t. slave, half me and half thy dam, . (5.59)

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43 from The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra

1. Appendices section DRAMATIC VERSIONS, subsection Cléopatre, by Émile de Girardin (Delphine Gay)
   While Cleopatra is rehearsing the bitter fate which will compel her to enter Rome in Cæsar's triumph, the Slave enters bearing a basket of fruit, and, prostrating himself before the queen, says to her, aside, ‘Rome awaits thee, thou wilt leave this evening, unless, preferring a quick and noble death—Hast fear of death? (4.66)

2. Appendices section DRAMATIC VERSIONS, subsection Cléopatre, by Émile de Girardin (Delphine Gay)
   Cleop. making a sign to the Slave to bring the basket near the throne.
   (4.31)

3. Appendices section DRAMATIC VERSIONS, subsection Cleopatre, by Mr De la Chapelle
   Cleopatra sees through this specious reasoning, and rises to tragic grandeur as she denounces his perfidy, and relates how for his sake she had ruined her kingdom, and had been dishonoured throughout the world by his fatal love, but she no longer retains him, and bids him go to Octavius, become his slave; ‘Go, brighten his court! (3.51)

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6 from The Tragedie of Coriolanus

1. William Shakespeare, Critical Commentary: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) act 1, scene 4, commline 60
   The same incident is referred to a little further on by a Messenger (‘I saw our party to their trenches driven’) and by Cominius (‘Where is that slave which told me they had beat you to your trenches? (2.37)

2. William Shakespeare, Critical Commentary: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) act 1, scene 6, commline 53
   He exonerates the Messenger at once, whom Cominius has just called ‘that Slave’ and was going to reprimand for bringing false news. (1.78)

3. William Shakespeare, Appendix: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) section CRITICISMS, subsection William Hazlitt
   The love of power in ourselves and the admiration of it in others are both natural to man: the one makes him a tryant, the other a slave. (1.69)

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215 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
   Slave, slave, slave, from morning to night, pursued the person of the house, and all for this! (10.79)

2. Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor: Volume 3 chapter 2, page 126
   The plot of ‘Robert, duke of Normandy,’ is this: He and his slave Piccolo come in; and after a little business between them, all gagging, he says, ‘Slave! (7.01)

3. Henry Mayhew, Extra Volume: London Labour and the London Poor chapter 7, page 404
   Gentleman— Great abolitionist of slave trade—As tradesman from U.S., who had lost his custom by aiding slope of fugitive female slave—By name Naomi Brown—£ 5. (6.16)

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282 from American Memory: California

1. Report of the debates of the Convention of California, on the formation of the state constitution, In September and October, 1849 page 149
   The second clause, providing that no slave or negro shall be manumitted in California who shall be brought here by his master, has reference not only to their being brought here for the express or avowed purpose of being manumitted for value received or services rendered, but to any person coming here to travel with his negro, and with no intention of residing here--that after coming here he shall not be compelled to manumit his slave. (7.01)

2. Report of the debates of the Convention of California, on the formation of the state constitution, In September and October, 1849 page 144
   There are many in the slave States who would deem it a blessing if they could get rid of their slave property. (6.16)

3. Chambliss diary; or, Society as it really is. By William H. Chambliss. Fully illustrated with over fifty copper-plate half-tones and photo-engravings. Including twenty-five society pictures by Laura E. Foster page 286
   Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;
   'Twas mine; 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
   But he that filches from me my good name,
   Robs me of that which not enriches him,
   And makes me poor indeed. (4.10)

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972 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. A woman's life-work: labors and experiences of Laura S. Haviland spage 6
   Baptist Deacon Convicted of the Sin of Slavery by his Slave—Willis Hamilton's Escape with his Slave-wife, Elsie, to Canada—Removal to Michigan—Whereabouts Discovered by Elsie's Master—Deeply Laid Scheme to Capture the Hamilton Family—Threats of Violence—Second Attempt and Defeat—Death of the two Slave-holders, 55 (11.08)

2. A woman's life-work: labors and experiences of Laura S. Haviland page 84
   After the passage of the famous Fugitive-slave Bill of 1850, turning the whole population of the North into slave-hunters, Thomas K. Chester, with renewed assurance, came to Lawyer Beecher's office, in Adrian, and solicited his services in capturing the Hamiltons, as he was now prepared to take legal steps in recovering his property. (7.58)

3. A summer in the wilderness; embracing a canoe voyage up the Mississippi and around Lake Superior. By Charles Lanman page 19
   What business has he here,—for surely this offspring of a slave, and a slave himself, cannot be a religious devotee? (7.19)

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1000 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Peter Force, Tracts and other papers relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America from the discovery of the country to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force. Vol. 4 page 25
   Item, To the Owner of every Negro-Man or Slave, brought thither to settle within the first year, twenty acres; and for every Woman-Negro or Slave, ten acres of Land; and all Men-Negro's, or slaves after that time, and within the first five
   years,years, ten acres, and for every Women-Negro or slave, five acres. (11.37)

2. John W. Bell, Memoirs of governor William Smith, of Virginia. His political, military, and personal history. By John W. Bell page 432
   Missouri being a slave State, and believing that an effort of that kind, if successful, would injure her citizens in the enjoyment of their slave property, they were indignant, and determined to use all the means in their power to counteract the efforts of Eastern people upon that subject. (9.09)

3. Austin Steward, Twenty-two years a slave, and forty years a freeman; embracing a correspondence of several years, while president of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West page 250
   On the following morning, I saw in the city papers, “A Card,” inserted by the owner of the poor slave on board the steamboat, informing the public that he was returning South with a fugitive slave, who, when arrested, evinced great willingness to return; who had confessed also, that he had done very wrong in leaving his master, for which he was sorry,—but he supposed that the abolitionists had been tampering with him. (8.41)

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1 from Tufts University History

1. Russell E. Miller, Light on the Hill, Volume I chapter 3, section 3
   "The Social Problem in England" might be assigned for a senior dissertation, or a Latin translation of extracts from William Pitt's "Abolition of the Slave Trade" for the freshman prize. (1.49)

2 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 202464
   A - ATHLETE, YOUTH WITH STRIGIL AT LAVER, SPONGE AND ARYBALLOS SUSPENDED, YOUTH (SLAVE ? (3.51)

2. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 6247
   Attributed to LYDOS THE SLAVE by SIGNATURE (1.27)

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