In Cairo, Egypt in the early 1800s, a slave could be freed by her master verbally before two witnesses or by a written document of emancipation or by being given the certificate of sale from her previous owner. Emancipation might be conferred out of simple…
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Trivia Thursday #2
In Cairo, Egypt in the early 1800s a male slave could not have more than two wives at the same time. – source: Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians by Edward W. Lane, first published in 1836
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Trivia Thursday #1
In Cairo, Egypt in the early 1800s when an emancipated slave died without male descendants or collateral relations, his former master would inherit his estate. If the former master predeceased the former slave, the former master’s heirs would inherit. – source: Manners and…
Tagged with: Edward w. Lane, Egypt 1800s, Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Regina Richards, slavery, Writer
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