Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Early Modern Europe, Man Man, Stoicism
23 Nov 2017
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Note there is no one type of slave experience. Household: working side by side with the master, sexual abuse. Slaves could be trained craftsmen and paid. The more highly skilled you were, the higher you would be paid. Female salves would be used as flute girls or prostitutes at parties and had to bring back money to their owners. 1-10 thousands were working in the mines (iron mines) One of the worst experiences for a slave. They worked as police force or city-clerks. In athenian, he is not considered a slave. It was shameful for a man to work for another man, even if he was higher. Cities would lose their autonomy and were considered to be enslaved by athens. Stereotypes: slaves are lazy, punished frequently, etc. When the slaves had a chance to escape, they did. About 20,000 athenian slaves fled to spartans (it is believed most of them were mining slaves)
